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Mac Forum / Applications / Eudora / February 2006archiving mail boxes as text files
I have saved the contents of my Eudora mailboxes since 1998 on ZIP cartridges. I want to archive the contents as text files, preferably something that can be read by WORD. Is there any program that I can get to do the conversion, even on these old files, so I can finally easily read and store these old messages? Chiffres > I have saved the contents of my Eudora mailboxes since 1998 on ZIP > cartridges. > > I want to archive the contents as text files Eudora mailboxes *are* text files.  SignatureSander Tekelenburg, <http://www.euronet.nl/~tekelenb/> Mac user: "Macs only have 40 viruses, tops!" PC user: "SEE! Not even the virus writers support Macs!" I knew I would have difficulty in expressing this! I need a utility that will take these large old files and make them readable. Trying to extract and save them in WORD seems to be hit and miss. If I could conveniently put them in pdf files, that would be great. I have MAC OS 10.4. Chiffres > I knew I would have difficulty in expressing this! > > I need a utility that will take these large old files and make them > readable. Trying to extract and save them in WORD seems to be hit and > miss. If I could conveniently put them in pdf files, that would be > great. I have MAC OS 10.4. Eudora mailboxes have always been plain text files. If opening them in Word is hit or miss, it may be that your archives are corrupted. More likely, I'd guess that perhaps you're seeing uuencoded attachments in the bodies of the very old files, so you may need to use a utility to decode the attachments. I believe Stuffit Expander will take care of that for you, or you could use a dedicated uudecoder. Some of the garbage you see, of course, may well be sloppy html generated by Netscape and OE users which Word is unlikely to be able to display properly. Have you tried opening the files in Eudora? Modern Eudora could probably automatically decode the attachments for you to save separately. SignatureKathy - read reviews of other newsgroups in news:news.groups.reviews help for new users at <http://www.aptalaska.net/~kmorgan/> Good Net Keeping Seal of Approval at <http://www.gnksa.org/> > I knew I would have difficulty in expressing this! > > I need a utility that will take these large old files and make them > readable. It still depends on what you need. It's easy enough to open a mailbox in a text editing program (I've just done it). But one then gets way too much header information, and might want to delete some of this. I don't know how best to do that. SignatureSend e-mail to the Reply-To address; mail to the From address is never read > But one then gets way too much header information, and might want to > delete some of this. I've been using MailConverter for years to strip unwanted headers off from articles saved from NewsWatcher. I have configured it to keep only the following headers: From From: Newsgroups: Subject: Date: Then I have imported the file to Eudora (in fact it is already an Eudora mailbox). MailConverter runs OK in Classic but I don't know what to do when I get an Intel Mac where Classic is not suported. Maybe some BBEdit script can do the same?? SignatureMatti Haveri <mattiDOThaveriATsjokiDOTutaeiroskaaDOTfi> remove ei roskaa > MailConverter runs OK in Classic but I don't know what to do when I get > an Intel Mac where Classic is not suported. Maybe some BBEdit script can > do the same?? Probably there will be third-party support for Classic. in fact, an early version of such does exist. SignatureSend e-mail to the Reply-To address; mail to the From address is never read > Probably there will be third-party support for Classic. in fact, an > early version of such does exist. Where? I need it for Framemaker. SignatureA: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail? > > Probably there will be third-party support for Classic. in fact, an > > early version of such does exist. > > Where? I need it for Framemaker. It's called Sheepshaver. Currently described as "experimental" which is why I didn't give an address. It's at sheepshaver.cebix.net if you want to look at it. Signaturehttp://www.decohen.com Send e-mail to the Reply-To address; mail to the From address is never read > If I could conveniently put them in pdf files, that would be > great. Well, as has been mentioned now a few times, Eudora archives are *plain text*. However if you prefer PDFs then simply select all messages in any given mailbox, hit the "Print" button and click "Save As PDF". That creates one large PDF with all the messages nicely separated. Be warned that some graphics in html mails will get lost in the process. SignatureCheers Martin > I have saved the contents of my Eudora mailboxes since 1998 on ZIP > cartridges. Seriously, there is a new century now. You should consider archiving mail on stone tablets rather than using zip. > I want to archive the contents as text files, preferably something that > can be read by WORD. > > Is there any program that I can get to do the conversion, even on these > old files, so I can finally easily read and store these old messages? Why not just use Eudora? Then you can easily search and organise all this mail. RTFM and get a clue. You obviously don't know what you want or what you are doing. SignatureA: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? A: Top-posting. Q: What is the most annoying thing on usenet and in e-mail? |
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