I'm forever struggling for space! Really don't know how I coped before I became a site supporter and got an 800 msg limit.
Until recently, I went to the last say, 200 messages in my Inbox and downloaded them as TXT files. Saved them to PC and the cloud. After checking them, I'd delete them on KKF. Yep, I'm OCD... or would be if it was in alphabetical order.
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I would do the same with the Sent items. When I'm searching for recent PMs, I often go my email - all incoming PMs are stored there and it's easy to find things. In Gmail, they sit in their own "Forums" folder.
Recently, I've tried two things to improve the whole show. I now download in CSV format. If you're a spreadsheet person (fairly sure you are!), you can then sort & search in different ways. It also allows adding newer downloaded files to be added to existing spreadsheets very easily. I also just realised (slow learner), that there's an email button available when composing new PMs. It's tedious to use as it asks you to type in an email address but helps by by keeping your sent messages in your email client as well as incoming PMs.
Alas, none of the methods allow you to keep the original formatting... pity! I've looked at using download as XML but haven't worked through it yet. Any hints from the power users out there?
