Bill Houle wrote:
I wrote:
> >I'm feelin kinda dumb here. How exactly do you get Eudora to read the big
> >single file that contains all the email (assuming the complete
> mailfile is
> >downloaded to a local machine)? Let's say it's downloaded to a
> typical Win
> >95 box with no server software of any kind on it.
>
> Eudora MBX files look remarkably like UNIX mailbox format files (with just
> a minor From_ header difference). In Eudora, create a new mailbox. This
> will create MBX and TOC files, and a pointer in the list of
> active folders.
> Quit Eudora. Delete both MBX and TOC. Download your 28M mailbox. Rename it
> the deleted MBX name. Start Eudora.
>
> If you are lucky, it will say that it needs to rebuild the TOC for the
> folder. If you are *real* lucky, it won't choke on the non-MBX format file
> and you'll have the file loaded. You can then select-all and use the
> "Filter Now" option.
Success! This method worked. I got an occasional funky "From", but most of
the mail translated directly! Eudora didn't even ask to rebuild the TOC.
Whoo hoo! Thanks much Bill for this idea.
I still haven't heard back from iServer with their next suggestion.
Jack
>
> No guarantees.
>
ha.
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