Saving Entire Account?

[n46krb]

Hi guys,



I have a Hotmail account and I want to save the entire account (all email msgs, all folders, contact, etc) so that I can view the email msgs on a computer or at least in MS Outlook and possibly print them.

I have the Hotmail account set up with Outlook right now and all content has downloaded from the server. I know how to back up Outlook but my concern is: Outlook only downloads the content from the SERVER. So if I delete my Hotmail account, and then try to open up Outlook to view the messages...will they be there? I want it so its saved on my Computer, NOT the server. I want to close/deactivate the Hotmail account but keep the content and be able to view and have access to it somewhere.

Even if there was a program that let me download all the content from the Hotmail account and view it. Doesn't HAVE to be through Outlook I just thought this was the easiest way?

Please reply asap. Thanks.

EDIT: I have backed up everything to a .PST file. If I DELETE/CLOSE the Hotmail account, I should still be able to view all emails and contacts in the PST file through Outlook, without having a server connection, right? And I could print them?