Important message from EarlG about current PM's and bookmarked threads:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=437x5139

:scared:

I have a number of important threads bookmarked, and I sure hope I'll be able to continue to read them!

[MiddleFingerMom]

1. My dear CaliforniaPeggy... THANK YOU -- there are a few things I want to save. n/t

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. My dear MiddleFingerMom!

I'm glad I was helpful!

I have some things to save as well...

:hi:

[kayakjohnny]

3. Thanks, Peggy.

I'm glad you found this and shared it.

It's a big deal.

Cheers.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

4. how is a good way to save PMs?

[kayakjohnny]

6. Maybe to cut and paste them to notepad and remember to name them for

retrieval later on.

Possibly someone has a better way to go than that though.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

8. That's pretty much what I do...

I use the PM title as the name so I can remember what it was about. I also put the date it was sent/received in the email header.

:hi:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

14. it would be nice if someone would come along with an easier way

btdt ;)

[kayakjohnny]

15. Well, there is one more way if you have windows 7. You can go to

the start area and find the 'snipping tool' and it's the same as doing a screen shot. Only I think it allows you to bypass using 'Paint', like you do in a screen shot.

And then you save the snip to where ever you want. To your pictures or desktop.

I might be a little off, but I think that's how it goes.

If you have trouble finding the snipping tool, just type it into your search function.

It should show up right away.

[Tuesday Afternoon]

16. but, I would still have to do it one PM at a time, right? I was hoping for a way

to just transfer my whole PM box/file at one fell swoop.

:shrug:

[CaliforniaPeggy]

7. My dear Tuesday Afternoon!

What works for me: I just copy and paste the PM into a new email, which I don't send. My computer then asks me if (since the email wasn't sent) if I would like to store it in my drafts folder. I click on "yes."

It's a bit cumbersome, but it gets the job done.

I had thought that if I just saved the PM title, that that would work. I lost several important ones that way. It doesn't work once you delete the originals.

:hi:

[Tuesday Afternoon]

13. thanks...

I was hoping there was an easier way. guess not. *sigh*

thanks though

:hi:

[lifesbeautifulmagic]

5. Thank you!!!

very good information, and questions I wouldn't think to ask until it is too late. Thanks again.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

9. Glad I could help!

I routinely scan ATA and now and then I find a genuine bit of helpful info.

Thank goodness we have some time yet. DU3 is supposed to launch mid-December.

:hi:

[progressoid]

10. Uh oh. And I read that the 'thread that never dies'....

might die!? Is that true?

[KamaAina]

11. Relax.

The duck thread will never die. :P

[CaliforniaPeggy]

12. They will archive it...we'll still be able to read it, just not post in it...

[amyrose2712]

17. Thanks!