So back in the day I use to have POP3 which automatically downloads the email from the email server and deletes it on the server leaving only your local copy. Well unfortunately for me the school toasted the POP3 server so I only have IMAP. The problem is my webmail is crappy and now I am running out of space on the server. Here are some quick instructions to back everything up to a local machine with outlook 2007. Also make sure to back up this file!
- Right Click on your "Personal Folders"
- Select "New Folder..."
- Enter the name and leave "Folder Contains" "Mail and Post Items"
- Now Select the mail in the IMAP email folder (Ctrl-A) or any way you please, "Move to Folder" and select that new folder you made!
Source: http://answers.uchicago.edu/page.php?id=16181
