Frank Vince suggested copying my old MBOX stuff into TB's default mail location ... seems to work but I am still verifying that all is OK.
Paul -----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech <profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com> On Behalf Of Frank Cazabon Sent: 13 April 2022 15:28 To: profoxt...@leafe.com Subject: Re: Accessing/processing archived emails Glad you found something. I didn't see a response from Vince. What did he suggest? Frank. Frank Cazabon On 13/04/2022 10:24 am, paul.newton.h...@gmail.com wrote: > Many thanks, Frank > > It looks as if Vince's suggestion might very well work and would be the ideal solution. > > Paul > > -----Original Message----- > From: ProfoxTech <profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com> On Behalf Of Frank > Cazabon > Sent: 11 April 2022 23:19 > To: profoxt...@leafe.com > Subject: Re: Accessing/processing archived emails > > Hi Paul, > > A quick search gave me these but I've never used them: > > https://www.bitrecover.com/blog/view-thunderbird-msf-files/ > > https://sysc.org/open-mbox-file-format/ > > 11 Apr 2022 18:03:11 paul.newton.h...@gmail.com: > >> Hi all >> >> >> >> I have several (Windows Explorer) folders containing archived TB >> (Thunderbird) emails which I want to review and clean up (i.e. get >> rid of for good). These folders have an SBD extension and these >> correspond to TB's folders. They contain files with no extension >> (these contain the actual >> emails) and which I believe are "MBOX" files. They also contain >> files with an MSF extension which apparently contain summaries of the MBOX contents. >> >> >> >> One possible approach might be to set up TB or another email client >> which works with MBOX type files. I made a first attempt at this >> with TB but got stuck at the stage where it wants details of incoming >> and outgoing server accounts (I don't want to set up an account). >> >> >> >> Another approach might be to export all the MBOX messages as >> individual EML files. Here any recommendations for free/cheap >> solutions without limitations would be helpful - I have used >> Thunderstor in the past but now can only find a trial version with no means to upgrade. >> >> >> >> The idea then would be to use VFP to parse the EML files for subject, >> sender, recipient, date and content as well as to decode and save any >> attachments. >> >> >> >> Any ideas or suggestions regarding either approach (or a different >> approach) will be most welcome. In particular, I would not want to >> reinvent the wheel regarding the parsing of the EMLs - so if anybody >> knows of any tools or existing code that could be helpful . >> >> >> >> Many thanks, and apologies for the length of the message >> >> >> >> Paul Newton >> >> >> >> --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative >> text/plain (text body -- kept) >> text/html >> --- >> [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: https://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: https://mail.leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: https://leafe.com/archives This message: https://leafe.com/archives/byMID/016701d84f43$829cd8f0$87d68ad0$@gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
