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Difference beteen .msg, Unicode (*.msg), htm, html, etc
Waht is the difference between each of these?
Whe I save to my computer folder, I have these options. Whis one will be the best for future use? (And should I default when I save to it? If so, how to do that?) I have Outlook 2007 for e-mails and Vista Ultimate. Thanks in advance. |
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Difference beteen .msg, Unicode (*.msg), htm, html, etc
The Unicode format is the current standard for Outlook and holds support for
international characters. The non-Unicode one saves msg-files in the ANSI format. The ANSI format is the only format that Outlook 2002 and previous can read. Outlook 2003 and later can read ANSI formatted and Unicode formatted msg-files. Dragging and dropping messages out of Outlook into an Explorer folder will by default save it in the Unicode format. To change this see; http://www.msoutlook.info/question/163 -- Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook] Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.howto-outlook.com/ Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more http://www.msoutlook.info/ Real World Questions, Real World Answers ----- "Octavio" wrote in message ... Waht is the difference between each of these? Whe I save to my computer folder, I have these options. Whis one will be the best for future use? (And should I default when I save to it? If so, how to do that?) I have Outlook 2007 for e-mails and Vista Ultimate. Thanks in advance. |
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Difference beteen .msg, Unicode (*.msg), htm, html, etc
Thankd for your repply.
Two questions: 1. I gather that then I shall the important e-mails that I get and that I want to save in my computer in my C drive as Unicode.msg. I notice that my Options dialog has that checked already, but why weh I click the F2 or SAve As i go to the folder but then the default type there is .htm or .html waiting? Is this the computer default? How can I change that, and it is OK and advisable to change it? 2. You and the referenced article mention that I would automatically save to an Explorer Folder when I drag. Where is my "Explorer Folder" in my Outlook? I don't see it, unless it might have another name. Tahnks again "Roady [MVP]" wrote: The Unicode format is the current standard for Outlook and holds support for international characters. The non-Unicode one saves msg-files in the ANSI format. The ANSI format is the only format that Outlook 2002 and previous can read. Outlook 2003 and later can read ANSI formatted and Unicode formatted msg-files. Dragging and dropping messages out of Outlook into an Explorer folder will by default save it in the Unicode format. To change this see; http://www.msoutlook.info/question/163 -- Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook] Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.howto-outlook.com/ Outlook FAQ, HowTo, Downloads, Add-Ins and more http://www.msoutlook.info/ Real World Questions, Real World Answers ----- "Octavio" wrote in message ... Waht is the difference between each of these? Whe I save to my computer folder, I have these options. Whis one will be the best for future use? (And should I default when I save to it? If so, how to do that?) I have Outlook 2007 for e-mails and Vista Ultimate. Thanks in advance. |
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Difference beteen .msg, Unicode (*.msg), htm, html, etc
"Octavio" wrote in message
... Two questions: 1. I gather that then I shall the important e-mails that I get and that I want to save in my computer in my C drive as Unicode.msg. I notice that my Options dialog has that checked already, but why weh I click the F2 or SAve As i go to the folder but then the default type there is .htm or .html waiting? Is this the computer default? How can I change that, and it is OK and advisable to change it? When you use FileSave As for an HTML-formatted message, the default will always be HTML (.htm, .html). Drag the message to a Windows folder for direct conversion to .msg.. This begs the question: why do you want to save these messages outside of Outlook? 2. You and the referenced article mention that I would automatically save to an Explorer Folder when I drag. Where is my "Explorer Folder" in my Outlook? I don't see it, unless it might have another name. Open the Windows folder in Windows Explorer first. Then drag the message to the folder. -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] |
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Difference beteen .msg, Unicode (*.msg), htm, html, etc
Thanks Brian and Roady for your help. Things are beginnign to make more
sense now, althought I still have to do the draggings. Let me also ask Briuan, you ask why to save outside of OUtlook: If I want to save the e-mails for future use, it is not safer to save it in a folder in the eplorer? Or it will be enought to save it in one of the Outlook folders under "Personal Folders"? (You see, I am still learning about these....) Also: I ahve a buch of ".email" saved from my old "ms.com" in my explorer. Is there a way to convert these to the new formats so I could then read them with Outlook when I finally get rid of MSN? (Will do that soon. I was told to read them as hotmail, that will be a future issue for me how to do that, but for now I want to see if the conversion from msn to msg or one of these forms is possible) Thanks again. "Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]" wrote: "Octavio" wrote in message ... Two questions: 1. I gather that then I shall the important e-mails that I get and that I want to save in my computer in my C drive as Unicode.msg. I notice that my Options dialog has that checked already, but why weh I click the F2 or SAve As i go to the folder but then the default type there is .htm or .html waiting? Is this the computer default? How can I change that, and it is OK and advisable to change it? When you use FileSave As for an HTML-formatted message, the default will always be HTML (.htm, .html). Drag the message to a Windows folder for direct conversion to .msg.. This begs the question: why do you want to save these messages outside of Outlook? 2. You and the referenced article mention that I would automatically save to an Explorer Folder when I drag. Where is my "Explorer Folder" in my Outlook? I don't see it, unless it might have another name. Open the Windows folder in Windows Explorer first. Then drag the message to the folder. -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] |
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Difference beteen .msg, Unicode (*.msg), htm, html, etc
"Octavio" wrote in message
... Thanks Brian and Roady for your help. Things are beginnign to make more sense now, althought I still have to do the draggings. Let me also ask Briuan, you ask why to save outside of OUtlook: If I want to save the e-mails for future use, it is not safer to save it in a folder in the eplorer? Or it will be enought to save it in one of the Outlook folders under "Personal Folders"? (You see, I am still learning about these....) In my opinion, it is better to leave it in Outlook and make sure you back up the Outlook data frequently. Also: I ahve a buch of ".email" saved from my old "ms.com" in my explorer. Is there a way to convert these to the new formats so I could then read them with Outlook when I finally get rid of MSN? (Will do that soon. I was told to read them as hotmail, that will be a future issue for me how to do that, but for now I want to see if the conversion from msn to msg or one of these forms is possible) What's their file types? -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] |
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Difference beteen .msg, Unicode (*.msg), htm, html, etc
"What's their file types?"
Saved from MSN and their ending is ".email" I have these saved in a folder in the C drive. Now that I am using Outlook and will get rid of MSN, I think that unless I do not do something or change their ending I would not be able to read them again after I cancel my MSN subscription. "Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]" wrote: "Octavio" wrote in message ... Thanks Brian and Roady for your help. Things are beginnign to make more sense now, althought I still have to do the draggings. Let me also ask Briuan, you ask why to save outside of OUtlook: If I want to save the e-mails for future use, it is not safer to save it in a folder in the eplorer? Or it will be enought to save it in one of the Outlook folders under "Personal Folders"? (You see, I am still learning about these....) In my opinion, it is better to leave it in Outlook and make sure you back up the Outlook data frequently. Also: I ahve a buch of ".email" saved from my old "ms.com" in my explorer. Is there a way to convert these to the new formats so I could then read them with Outlook when I finally get rid of MSN? (Will do that soon. I was told to read them as hotmail, that will be a future issue for me how to do that, but for now I want to see if the conversion from msn to msg or one of these forms is possible) What's their file types? -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] |
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"Octavio" wrote in message
... "What's their file types?" Saved from MSN and their ending is ".email" I have these saved in a folder in the C drive. Now that I am using Outlook and will get rid of MSN, I think that unless I do not do something or change their ending I would not be able to read them again after I cancel my MSN subscription. Do you have an MSN client or are you using a web browser to view your mail? How did you export (generate) those .email files? -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] |
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Difference beteen .msg, Unicode (*.msg), htm, html, etc
I use now Outlook 2007 for my e-mail and use Internet Explorer 8 for my
browser. Until e few days ago, I used MSN for both, but now I am planning to stop my subscription soon with MSN. "Brian Tillman [MVP - Outlook]" wrote: "Octavio" wrote in message ... "What's their file types?" Saved from MSN and their ending is ".email" I have these saved in a folder in the C drive. Now that I am using Outlook and will get rid of MSN, I think that unless I do not do something or change their ending I would not be able to read them again after I cancel my MSN subscription. Do you have an MSN client or are you using a web browser to view your mail? How did you export (generate) those .email files? -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] |
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Difference beteen .msg, Unicode (*.msg), htm, html, etc
"Octavio" wrote in message
... I use now Outlook 2007 for my e-mail and use Internet Explorer 8 for my browser. Until e few days ago, I used MSN for both, but now I am planning to stop my subscription soon with MSN. Again, how did you create the .email files? -- Brian Tillman [MVP-Outlook] |
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