Hi David, Thank you very much for these steps but, won't doing these steps just change all the .EML file extensions to .TXT file extentions & not convert the files themselves to .TXT files? I played with a couple of .EML files, changing them to the .TXT file extension & you wouldn't believe all the crap that you have to go through just to get to the message. Well, yes you would believe it, you know perfectly well what just changing the file extension will do to the message. LOL LOL Thanks again, take care. Mike
----- Original Message ----- From: David Ferrin To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, January 13, 2012 3:26 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] .EML to Text Converter First put your files in an easy location for you to find while in the command window such as in a directory on the root of your drive for example called messages. Second open the command prompt from the run dialog by typing CMD and hitting enter. Third type CD\messages and hit enter. Fourth type rename *.eml *.txt Fifth type exit and hit enter. That's it fort Pitt. David Ferrin A person who has a closed mind is afraid of learning. -----Original Message----- From: Mike & Barbara Sent: Friday, January 13, 2012 5:24 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] .EML to Text Converter Hi Dan, If you explained it using the Command Prompt, that might give us less experienced computer abusers a better understanding of how the computer works or, show us different ways of doing tasks', like converting files, that we wouldn't have known. Thanks again, take care. Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: Dan Beaver To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, January 13, 2012 1:51 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] .EML to Text Converter Hi Mike, Actually, this is info that old keyboard jockeys would understand mostly. I forget sometimes that younger/newer computer users haven't had to rely on the keyboard as much as some of us old guys had to years ago. Let me put some thought into it and see if I can figure a way to do this without the command prompt. Thanks. Dan Beaver -----Original Message----- From: Mike & Barbara Sent: Friday, January 13, 2012 4:00 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] .EML to Text Converter Hi Dan, This would help out a lot. but, I don't know / understand the command prompt stuff or how to issue a CD command. I guess this is for the more educated computer user. If this is something that could be explained without taking up too much of your time, would you please explain it to myself & the rest of the list how this would be done? I am sure that a few hundred that are on this list would find it extremely enlightening & very beneficial! Thanks much, take care. Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: Dan Beaver To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, January 13, 2012 11:36 AM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] .EML to Text Converter HI, I looked this up on the internet and found the following: If you rename a .eml file to .txt then you can use notepad and the like to view the contents. they are only typed as .eml so that windows will use a browser to view their contents. I tried this and found that it does indeed work. However, doing this also includes all the routing and tagging info at the beginning and end of the content. If the email was composed in html then you'll have to search for the first line beginning with a < symbol to find the beginning of the actual content. I removed the routing and tagging info and renamed it as .html and was able to view the email content in a browser. This enabled me to also use header and table and other navigation methods. If you really want the content in a .txt file you could view it in a browser and copy it from their to a .txt file. I do not have any saved emails in text format so I do not know what you see after renaming to a .txt file. To make the renaming easier for large numbers of files you could do the following: open a command prompt. issue a cd command to the folder holding the .eml files. issue a rename *.eml *.txt(or htm). This will rename all the .eml files in the current folder. I hope this helps you out. -----Original Message----- From: Miriam Vieni Sent: Friday, January 13, 2012 12:12 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] .EML to Text Converter I only know how to do them one at a time. Miriam -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike & Barbara Sent: Friday, January 13, 2012 10:36 AM To: Jaws-Users List Subject: [JAWS-Users] .EML to Text Converter Hi All, First, I'm running XP & Jaws 10 thru 13. I have several thousand .EML files I would like to convert to .TXT or .DOC files. Does anyone know where I can get a converter that is Jaws accessible, that can do this job? All help will be greatly appreciated. Thanks much, take care. 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