Thank you Firedog for you response to my question regarding storage folders.  I would like to ask the following questions related to storage folders and another on how to backup storage folders and contacts.

My question is when I open and read a message in my WLM inbox and then move it over to a folder in the "storage folders, I'm assuming that those messages regardless of which email account are stored on my hard drive. Are my contacts also stored on the hard drive?

If this is the case that all storage folders and contacts are stored on the hard drive, what option(s) do I have to back up these folders? I am using "File History" to back up on an external HD all files in my libraries,  (documents, pictures, videos, etc). Can I somehow direct the storage folders and contacts folders over to my library so they could automatically be backed up along with my documents? Or do I need to create a folder on my desktop and export storage folders and contacts on occasion?

Thank you.