The E-Rkive application is accessible directly from Microsoft Outlook®.

Using the E-Rkive toolbar, you can:

• Start the E-Rkive application

• View the archive properties for the selected message, or

• Add messages to your archive

If you have configured E-Rkive to run the Auto-Archive options, you will be prompted to archive messages when you open Microsoft Outlook®.

Click on "Open E-Rkive" to access your archived messages.

The main interface consists of two panes. The left pane displays your folders from MS Outlook® as they were when you archived messages.

This provides you with a familiar interface for managing your messages easily.

Select a folder from to view the messages in the pane on the right and the messages within the folder are displayed on the right. The icon to the left of the date indicates the level of compression applied to the message.

Position the mouse pointer over the icon to the right of the date to see the names of the attachments in the message.

Double click on a message to open it.

Information displayed at the bottom of the interface shows:

• How many messages in the selected mail folder.

• When messages were last added to the archive.

• The drive:\folder location of your archive data file. This drive:\folder is the root folder for your archived messages.

• The current size of your archive.

• The current filter status applied to the displayed messages.