Cannot burn emails to disk from outlook express

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Cannot burn emails to disk from outlook express

I have been having email problems for 1/2 a year. 1st my hotmail email went to outlook.com and my Verizon email went to Apple Mail, they both used to

go to Apple mail and Outlook.com for a few years. I posted this question a few months ago, how do I get both email accounts to go to both Outlook.com

and Apple mail? it was never answered. Now, I cannot burn emails or folders containing emails from Outlook.com to a CD. I have done this many times

with my Mac, now I cant. Now I cant drag the email or folder off the Outlook.com page to the empty disk window to burn. The email or folder disappears once I

move off the outlook page. I dont know any other way to move an email from outlook.com to the empty disk burn folder.

I am able to burn emails from Apple mail to disk. The problem is some of the attachments are not transferring from Outlook.com to Apple mail. PDF documents added as files as attachments and pictures inline are transferring from Outlook.com to Apple mail. All other files added as attachments are not transferring form outlook.com to apple mail.

Mac mini, OS X Mavericks (10.9.5)

Posted on Feb 7, 2016 11:54 AM

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Answer 1

Feb 8, 2016 9:39 AM in response to 8149

I can't make sense of all that you're asking...

Lets start with why are you burning email to a CD?

In this modern era, Flashdrives, your local computer, and the email server itself have plenty of space for storing messages.

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Feb 8, 2016 11:33 AM in response to chattphotos

Why burn email to CD? I do business via email and have important info concerning patents and potential products to license, ongoing litigation, bank statements, tax info. I prefer not to keep to much info on my computer if I will probably not use it again to keep things organized and in case the computer crashes. I don't want other people to access this info, so I take it off my computer and out of outlook.

Maybe I will start using flash drives, they cost more. Can I keep adding files to the same flash drive ?

Thanks!

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Feb 9, 2016 8:17 AM in response to 8149

Yes, data on flash drives can be updated and modified easily and very quickly. (Imagine it's a camera memory card or miniature hard drive)

But...

What compliance standards do you have to follow? ISO, SOX, HIPPA, PCI, etc.

If any compliance standards are needed, ask yourself, are you currently compliant in your method of email management?

In a word... no...

First step, make sure your email provider, server, and domain are properly secured. (Strong passwords, up-to-date server and email clients, etc.)

Second, archive your email using MailSteward (or something like it) into a secured server/mysql database for proper storage of email.

http://www.mailsteward.com/

Third, use a program or server to securely transmit/receive confidential data across the internet, Secure FTP (or something like it)

Fourth, a proper file server is your best bet, don't store data on the computer, store it on a file server (secured physically and digitally)

The computers need to be backed up/have on-hand spares which are refreshed regularly.

Lastly, you really need a consultant for compliance and to get the best practices for your organization.

Check in with the Spiceworks Community, they can help- http://community.spiceworks.com

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Feb 9, 2016 8:54 AM in response to chattphotos

Very good, I will use a flash drive in the future. Is it necessary to do all 5 steps you wrote about ( or any of these steps ) in order put my emails on a

flash drive? All these things may be easy for you to do, but I would either have to hire someone or spend a few weeks learning and muddling through it.

Im a micro entity, not a corporation or even a LLC ( not yet ). I think it is adequate to get my emails onto a flash drive or CD a few days after receiving them.

Thanks for the detailed answer!

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Answer 5

Feb 9, 2016 9:41 AM in response to 8149

Since you are a small business, you could set up a Mac mini or windows server and use it to auto-store/save your email communications & attachments.

Those steps I detailed are some best practices to make sure your computer system is up to spec for any compliance requirements and to reduce the legal headache should Murphy's law decide to visit (anything that can go wrong, will go wrong, all in the same day)

That is why you should talk to the consultants and/or the IT teams at Spiceworks to get an idea of what's needed to improve your system.

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Feb 9, 2016 10:12 AM in response to chattphotos

I am not a small business, I have made no $ from my patents or product ideas, I don't think I ever will. If we were a small business we would have LLC status, a

micro entity is an individual or group of individuals who apply for a patent with limited means ( that is over simplified ). Not a business applying for a patent.

Other people and myself think we have a great idea and want to keep it secure, but we have invested enough for now considering the responses we have

gotten.

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