[Omaroo (Chris Malikoff)]

Liz - copy/paste is not required at all - otherwise you'd have to open every post from the list to do that.

Down the bottom of the page, on the lower bar, is a pull-down menu "Selected Messages", with "Move to folder" pre-selected for you. Select all messages you wish to keep (easier just to select all) and choose "Download as CSV" or "Download as TEXT" from that same pull-down.

If you download as CSV (Comma Separated Variables) you can import your messages download file directly into a spreadsheet, with all headers and messages maintained. Just remember that you need to do this for incoming as well as sent messages.

Once you've downloaded the files, simply delete everything at the end of a month, say, and start the new month fresh.