email folders

how do i download email folders to a flash drive in yahoo mail.my o s is vista.compaq presario.2 gigs.yeah i know.old slow but in her defense loyal and never tells me to pick up my socks.don't tell my wife i said that

Reply 1 : email folders

Yahoo Webmail can't be "downloaded" as you would imagine. Basically, it's viewed on the web only. You can create a separate folder on yahoo mail, called "Saved Items" or something similar, then move all your important messages to that folder so it's no longer in the main folders.. Or, if there is a particular message you want to save, you could print each message to a pdf file, assuming you have program like PDF Creator to create PDF file. Or simply print out each message.....but this isn't really appropriate if you've got entire folders full of mail.

Or, if you have the "paid for" version of Yahoo Mail Plus, you could then use an onboard mail client like Outlook Express or Microsoft Outlook to download the messages to your computer using POP3 access.. (The free version of Yahoo mail won't accommodate use of POP3 mail clients.)

Sorry.

Hope this helps.

Grif