Hmmm, I didn't notice that option there. But anyway, I use that address magic pro more than doing it in thunderbird messages.
Topic about eml, I don't think thunderbird itself will support Unicode if you just export like that. eml will. I just did a test here. But if you don't need that support, eml will be fine for a lot of user. -------------------- regards Thomas N. Chan -----Original Message----- From: Tom Kingston [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Wednesday, 15 March 2017 8:52 PM To: Thomas N. Chan <[email protected]>; Window-Eyes Discussion List <[email protected]> Subject: Re: A question for advanced users of Thunderbird Actually, you can export messages to eml format from within Thunderbird. Go to the folder you want, Home to the top of the list, and Control-Shift-End to select all. Now you can either open the context menu with the Application key or File menu and use Save as. In the tree view select the folder you want to save to and press Enter. When you tab down that folder name should be in the folder edit box. Tab down to the Select folder button and activate it. I don't know if Window-Eyes is missing something here but activating that button executes the process. The odd thing is that if you do the same thing with a single message you can choose text format. And with eml I get 18 lines of header information at the top of every message file. But even with text format I still get to, from, subject, and date. I'd go search the Thunderbird site to see if there's an add-on to convert folders to text files. Hth, Tom On 3/14/2017 10:59 PM, Thomas N. Chan via Talk wrote: > There's a software call > Address magic plus. > Its not free but it can convert messages, address book into other format. > What I will do is to use that software, select the folder and extract all > of them into eml format. > Eml its basically, text unless you have Unicode character on those email. > > But its not free but I have been or have that software for quite a few > years. > > > > > -------------------- > regards > Thomas N. Chan > -----Original Message----- > From: Talk > [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Donald L. Roberts via Talk > Sent: Tuesday, 14 March 2017 9:56 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: A question for advanced users of Thunderbird > > I have asked this elsewhere, but the responses I have thus far received > haven't solved the problem. > > One of my Thunderbird folders contains more than a hundred saved > messages. I am attempting to locate a means of exporting the messages > in this folder and then saving each to a text file. I know I can do > this one at a time, but I need an automated means if possible. First of > all, is there an export facility in Thunderbird? I do not wish to > export all messages, just those in one specific folder. > > Thanks for ideas. > > Don Roberts > > _______________________________________________ > Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author > and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. > > For membership options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/thomas.nchan%4 > 0gmail.com. > For subscription options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > List archives can be found at > http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > > _______________________________________________ > Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author > and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. > > For membership options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/tom.kingston%40charter.net. > For subscription options, visit > http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > List archives can be found at > http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com > _______________________________________________ Any views or opinions presented in this email are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of Ai Squared. For membership options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/options.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com/archive%40mail-archive.com. For subscription options, visit http://lists.window-eyes.com/listinfo.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com List archives can be found at http://lists.window-eyes.com/private.cgi/talk-window-eyes.com
