Save Outlook mails automatically to disk

Outlook is one of the most popular mail programs. Within the administration of the program mails can be stored, but the internal Outlook memory is limited. That's why there is an option to automatically save Outlook mails to your hard drive.

How to automatically save Outlook mails to your hard drive

This works via some handy Outlook features. You can backup, archive and export mails. Basically, it is also possible, of course, to simply drag&drop a mail from Outlook over to your hard drive. But the automatic function is much more practical and time-saving. It works via a free tool:

1. So first download the SmartTool Email AutoBackup for Outlook. It works for several variants of email management.
2. After installation, the tool automatically creates backup copies of your mails without any time delay. Where the mails are subsequently stored, you can choose yourself
3. For this, simply click on "SmartTools" at the top. Here you can specify a folder, the format and make other settings for your backups.
4. In addition to an external hard drive, it is also a good idea, for example, to store backup copies of your emails in a cloud. There, the data do not consume local storage space, but are still always available for you.

More features of Outlook

When you open the options of Outlook, you are offered some setting options. For example, you can set the auto-archiving. For a certain period of time Outlook then moves all mails from the inbox to an archive folder. There the documents including attachments are stored. If the archive folder also becomes too full, you can create your own PST files. PST stands for "Personal Store". Important information will be moved to this folder.