Re: Saving a series of e-mails to disc?
Would be nice to have a way to save a selected group of messages as a text file, with only selected headers shown, at some stage. Then just copy one of each pair and rename the copy as a *.TXT file. The identical *.EML and *.MSG files appear as just simple text files, which you can open in any text editor, although any binary attachments will appear as random gobbledegook. I wouldn't recommend editing any of the files, especially those with binary content, though. -- Fred Using TheBat V.4.2.44.2 for POP3 mail with Windows 7 Service Pack 1 Current version is 6.1.8 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Saving a series of e-mails to disc?
so .eml and .msg files are identical? I say so based on empirical evidence (and not any formal documentation). I exported a small text-only TheBat message (with no attachments) as both types of files, and then I also exported a TheBat message with several attachments as both types. Running a binary comparison on each pair of files showed that the two small *.EML and *.MSG files were identical with each other, and the two large *.EML and *.MSG files were identical with each other. Of course, it would be a rather large (and risky) extrapolation to claim that this is true under all situations (which is why I said appear as in my original reply). Therefore, as you have said, it's a good idea to save as both types of files, and such paranoia might be good insurance. :-) -- Fred Using TheBat V.4.2.44.2 for POP3 mail with Windows 7 Service Pack 1 Current version is 6.1.8 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Saving a series of e-mails to disc?
Hi On Wednesday 27 August 2014 at 1:57:17 PM, in mid:1145046091.20140827085...@cetussoft.com, Fred wrote: Of course, it would be a rather large (and risky) extrapolation to claim that this is true under all situations (which is why I said appear as in my original reply). Therefore, as you have said, it's a good idea to save as both types of files, and such paranoia might be good insurance. :-) I thought the two were the same. But http://www.zamzar.com/convert/msg-to-eml/ says:- MSG was originally designed for the Microsoft Exchange mail document, this format is widely used by all of Microsofts infrastructure solutions. MSG files consist of main message body, calender, contacts and reminders, these are arranged in a hierachial directory structure and underpinned by MAPI (Microsofts Messaging Application Programming Interface). A MSG file are often formed by Outlook Express of Microsoft Outlook. They are saved as COM structured storage OLE2 compound documents and consist of several streams with sub tags. A MSG file maybe encoded in either Binary or ASCII. And:- EML was designed to store e-mail messages in the form of a plain text file. It is structured with a header and main body, the header consists of the email address of both the sender and recipient, the subject and time and date the email was sent. The main message area of the email is described as the body and can contain hyperlinks and file attachments. EML files were created to comply with the industry RFC 822 standard which is the standard format for Arpa Internet text messages first conceived in August 1982. EML files contain plain ASCII text for the headers and the main message body and may be exported for the purposes of archiving and storage. -- Best regards MFPAmailto:2014-667rhzu3dc-lists-gro...@riseup.net Gypsy Dwarf Escapes Prison: Small Medium at large Using The Bat! v4.0.38 on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 3 Current version is 6.1.8 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Saving a series of e-mails to disc?
Hello Chris, Thanks again for helping to trace the reason for my TBUDL messages not appearing on my list. As far as I can see, the message to you arrived back in my PC from Ritlabs list but was not filtered to any folder. I have renewed the relative filter and remade it. This is just a test to see if something will now work. Sorry to be bothering you. You need not respond, unless you really want to!! -- Best regards, Roger Current version is 6.1.8 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Saving a series of e-mails to disc?
Hi On Tuesday 26 August 2014 at 5:09:37 PM, in mid:1092045874.20140826170...@chriswilson.tv, Chris Wilson wrote: 26 August 2014 Despite being a very long time Bat! user i have never had cause to do this until now. I want to save a series of about 60 e-mails in one folder to disc, and be able to re enter them into TB! at a later date if needed. You can drag them from the message list and drop in a Windows folder, or use the Tools ¦ Export Messages menu item. and be able to re enter them into TB! at a later date if needed In my experience, bringing them back into TB! changes the time/date shown in the Received display header (but not in the Created header, thankfully). You can drag them back from a Windows folder and drop into the message list, or use the Tools ¦ Import Messages menu item. I may also have a need to collate them together and print them off in one go. Perhaps somebody else can suggest a good way to do this. If you just concatenate the text in the files, it will include the full headers, which you may not want. -- Best regards MFPAmailto:2014-667rhzu3dc-lists-gro...@riseup.net Take my advice - I don't use it anyway. Using The Bat! v4.0.38 on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 3 Current version is 6.1.8 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Saving a series of e-mails to disc?
Hello Chris, Tuesday, August 26, 2014, 6:09:37 PM, among other things, you wrote: CW Despite being a very long time Bat! user i have never had cause to do CW this until now. I want to save a series of about 60 e-mails in one CW folder to disc, and be able to re enter them into TB! at a later date CW if needed. I may also have a need to collate them together and print CW them off in one go. Are these things possible please, and how should I CW attempt these tasks? Thanks. TB! V 5.8.10 under Windows 7 Pro 64 bit. In the Tools menu there are items for Export Messages and Import which should do what you want. Having said that, I am wondering why it is necessary to remove the messages from TheBat!. If it is to remove them from the eyes of other users, then that can be achieved by putting them into a special Account with its own password. This account need not have any facility for sending or receiving mail but would have all the normal TB facilities for editing, printing and collating. -- Best regards, Roger Current version is 6.1.8 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
