Getting a mbox file from Outlook Express
I'm trying to get a friend set up with Spambayes using Outlook Express. To get some initial training sorted, it would be nice to get a mbox file of some of his existing messages which he could train on. But I can't find a way of getting OE to save a mbox file. Is there a way? Any OE victims around here...? Thanks, Paul.
But I can't find a way of getting OE to save a mbox file. Is there a way?
You're sore out of luck on that one, dude. Outlook-Express-Victim-ly yours - TimS c'est moi - TimS http://www.fourstonesExpressions.com http://wecanstopspam.org There are 10 kinds of people in the world: those who understand binary, and those who don't.
3/21/2003 7:32:49 AM, Tim Stone - Four Stones Expressions <tim@fourstonesExpressions.com> wrote:
But I can't find a way of getting OE to save a mbox file. Is there a way?
You're sore out of luck on that one, dude.
Well, it appears as if I've spoken a bit too soon on this one. I did some digging, and found a program called MailNavigator (http://www.mailnavigator.com/mailnavigator.html), that can read OE mailboxes and export them as an mbox. I've downloaded it, tried it, and it works. When you start it up, do File->Load External Mailbox... Point the browser window at the OE inbox.dbx file, normally in Documents and Settings \currentuser\Local Settings\Application Data\Identities\{bunchaglorp} \Microsoft\Outlook Express. You should see your inbox (or whatever folder you loaded) contents in MailNavigator. Then do Message->Select All, then Message->Save As... pick a file name and location, and select file type RFC822-text file... et voila, you have an mbox! c'est moi - TimS http://www.fourstonesExpressions.com http://wecanstopspam.org There are 10 kinds of people in the world: those who understand binary, and those who don't.
3/21/2003 8:45:49 AM, Tim Stone - Four Stones Expressions <tim@fourstonesExpressions.com> wrote:
3/21/2003 7:32:49 AM, Tim Stone - Four Stones Expressions <tim@fourstonesExpressions.com> wrote:
But I can't find a way of getting OE to save a mbox file. Is there a way?
You're sore out of luck on that one, dude.
Well, it appears as if I've spoken a bit too soon on this one. I did some digging
More digging. There's a sourceforge project called mbx2mbox, at http://mbx2mbox.sourceforge.net/ I haven't tried this, but it looks like it will do what you want, as well. c'est moi - TimS http://www.fourstonesExpressions.com http://wecanstopspam.org There are 10 kinds of people in the world: those who understand binary, and those who don't.
On Fri, 21 Mar 2003 13:13:04 -0000, "Moore, Paul" <Paul.Moore@atosorigin.com> wrote:
I'm trying to get a friend set up with Spambayes using Outlook Express. To get some initial training sorted, it would be nice to get a mbox file of some of his existing messages which he could train on. But I can't find a way of getting OE to save a mbox file. Is there a way? Any OE victims around here...?
Possibly the simplest way to approach this is to install a copy of Eudora, and tell it to import the messages from OE. I believe Eudora uses standard mbox files for its storage. David.
At 11:43 +0000 22/03/2003, in message Re: [Spambayes] Getting a mbox file from Outlook Expres, David Leftley wrote:
On Fri, 21 Mar 2003 13:13:04 -0000, "Moore, Paul" <Paul.Moore@atosorigin.com> wrote:
I'm trying to get a friend set up with Spambayes using Outlook Express. To get some initial training sorted, it would be nice to get a mbox file of some of his existing messages which he could train on. But I can't find a way of getting OE to save a mbox file. Is there a way? Any OE victims around here...?
Possibly the simplest way to approach this is to install a copy of Eudora, and tell it to import the messages from OE. I believe Eudora uses standard mbox files for its storage.
Not exactly standard because it extract the enclosures. -- Hofstadter's Law : It always takes longer than you expect, even when you take into account Hofstadter's Law.
David Leftley wrote:
Possibly the simplest way to approach this is to install a copy of Eudora, and tell it to import the messages from OE. I believe Eudora uses standard mbox files for its storage.
David.
Or Mozilla Mail - it imports from OE, and uses mbox for storage. Olly
David Leftley wrote:
Possibly the simplest way to approach this is to install a copy of Eudora, and tell it to import the messages from OE. I believe Eudora uses standard mbox files for its storage.
David.
I think Eudora strips the attatchmnets from the emailos and store these another place. doen't it? F -- Fredrik Rodland Technical Architect, Stocknet, Oslo, Norway Stocknet: http://www.stocknet.com phone: +47 23 28 40 17 Private: http://rodland.no phone: +47 99 21 98 17
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