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- Subject: Re: (no subject)
- From: Steve Ingram <email@hidden>
- Date: Thu, 1 Dec 2005 14:17:07 -0800
On Dec 1, 2005, at 4:54 AM, Rob Griffiths wrote:
On Nov 30, 2005, at 9:13 PM, Steve Ingram wrote:
I have a Mail mailbox named "savers". It has somewhat over 1000
emails. I want to clean this out. I want to convert the emails to
text files so I can archive them and search their contents.
Those emails are already individual text files; they just end
in .emlx, not .txt. They're already in Spotlight, too, so they've
been indexed. And they're searchable in Mail via Spotlight.
However, if you *really* want them as separate .txt files, it's
pretty easy to do in Automator, using no additional actions or
anything else.
Step 1) Finder -> Get Specified Finder Items. In this action, point
to the folder that contains your Saver messages. It's going to be
located here: your user's Library folder, then Mail -> Mailboxes ->
Savers -> Messages (that assumes Savers is a top-level folder;
you'll just have to dig a bit deeper if it's inside another
folder). Do not choose the individual messages in the folder, just
choose the folder.
Step 2) Finder -> Get Folder Contents. Do not check the subfolder box.
Step 3) Finder -> Copy Finder Items. Set the "To:" to a new folder
somewhere on your machine. I created a new folder on my desktop to
test.
Step 4) Finder -> Rename Finder Items. Set the pop-up to Replace
Text. The "Find" text is .emlx, and the "Replace" text is .txt.
That's it; all done. Run it, and when it's done, you'll have a
folder full of individual .txt email messages. Note that this is
exactly what you started with, but these are simply named .txt and
located in a different folder. The original messages haven't been
touched (still, it's a good idea to backup your Mail folder first,
or at least the Savers folder, just in case).
-rob.
Thanks rob, this does most of what I'm looking for, and gets me a lot
closer to what I want. The names of the files do not change, so I am
still stuck with cryptic names for the files. This can be problematic
if I search for a term and get 30 hits in Spotlight, then have to
open all 30 until I find the right one.
Also, it seems that my original, labor intensive method, saves the
mail in an rtf format. Automator seems to work only by converting to
a straight .txt file. (I know that is what I originally requested,
but Mail>Services>TextEdit>New Window Containing Selection creates a
file that is much easier to read, url links work, etc.,
This is a great help though, and goes a long way toward encouraging
me to continue working with Automator.
Thanks again!
Steve
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