On May 6, 2009, at 2:31 PM, Yersinia wrote:
> > Sorry everyone, I'm just cornered and frustrated. My email is > crucial to > me, especially that Big Folder with the 20,644 emails, most of which > concern and contain a sci fi fantasy worldbuild I worked on with a > cowriter which extended over a period of 8 years and I NEED to > always be > able to get at that stuff! > > ~Yersinia. Well as a certified geek, I'm going to come at yah with a radical suggestion: Convert it to a html archive with an application like Hypermail or MHonArc. "SUMMARY MHonArc is a Perl program for converting mail or news messages into HTML archives. It can also be used to convert individual messages into HTML documents. Other capabilities include robust MIME support and powerful user customization features." I've used this to archive large email folders. It then generates a large folder full of a bazillion HTML files that lets you traverse the archive by author, by date, by thread, etc. Typically this is used to archive mailing lists and suchlike; I've used it to archive PBEM RPG games. This releases you from hanging on to any given mail format, and in worse case scenario, the archive is human readable. -- Bruce Johnson University of Arizona College of Pharmacy Information Technology Group Institutions do not have opinions, merely customs --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed Low End Mac's G3-5 List, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list?hl=en Low End Mac RSS feed at feed://lowendmac.com/feed.xml -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
