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Date:	Sun, 11 Nov 2007 07:54:11 -0800
From:	Tom Brown <thomabrown@gmail.com >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: E-Mail Question...?

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1) I see the .eml extension when an e-mail has been forwarded as an attachment.

2)
On this machine, running eCS 2.0RC2 with Thunderbird 2.0.0.6, I have created a
rather large tree of folders (under Local Folders) and a set of 78 filters which
move incoming emails from each account's Inbox to one of the folders under Local
Folders. The folders are organized according to sender and, in the case of
computer stuff, by topic. The filters are organized so that emails that can be
specifically identified are picked off first with the final one moving mail to a
"Suspect" folder.

Thunderbird (and I believe other Mozilla products) keep the contents of EACH
folder as a large text file which is appended as new emails are added. An index
is kept for each folder, named folder.MSF. If you delete an email from one of
the folders, it only gets deleted from the .MSF index until you run a compress
from the File menu.

I can save any individual email as a text file by clicking File > Save As >
File, but this does not work if I select multiple emails. :-( You could always
copy an individual file of emails to another location and edit it if you wish.
I just keep all my email in the TB directory tree and use the TB search (Edit >
Find > Search Messages dialog to look for old emails. It's reasonable fast
considering the fact that I have about 1.5 GiB of history, and this is only a
900MHz cpu!

I have never tried searching on Yahoo groups.

HTH

Martin Rosenfeld wrote:
> I will pose this question here because of the vast store of knowledge
> often demonstrated in this group. I am interested in finding a better
> way to handle a lot of email. I have been using Mozilla products for
> years. i am now composing on a late version of Thunderbird. Question:
>
> (1) Are most if not all e-mails written in the same format (I have seen
> an eml extension sometimes)?
>
> (2) Is there a way to detach old e-mails from the various local folders
> files in my profile\mozilla\profiles\default\xxx.slt\mail\local folders
> file so that I can review, sort and store them? Some people seem to keep
> all emails they receive from Yahoo or newsgroups and are able to find
> things better than through Yahoogroups's search capability. My Local
> Folders are getting pretty big and must affect the way the program loads
> or runs. Is this problem why some of you use other e-mail programs than
> Thunderbird?
>
> Martin Rosenfeld

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Tom Brown, Catherder
thombrown at gmail dot com
Member SCOUG, V.O.I.C.E., & SDAA

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