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Bit of a historical question: MS-DOS
In message , R. C.
White writes: Hi, John. Actually, is there _any_ email software (XP, 7, or even '9x) that stores each email as a separate real file? (In real folders/directories?) Yes! As pointed out by Mortimer a few posts down... Windows Mail, OE's successor that was integrated into Windows Vista over 5 years ago, discarded OE's All-In-One humongous DBX file approach and introduced a new scheme. Other more-techie users can describe the details better than I can, but in WM, each email message is saved in a separate .eml file, and each newsgroup post in its own .nws file. Windows Live Mail continues this new scheme. [] Thanks for that information. Definitely food for thought! (Anyone know of email/news software that does this that _isn't_ from Microsoft? Not that I have a _strong_ prejudice against MS products [I use them at work], though I do find they _tend_ to integrate more into the OS - if only by assuming they're the default for more than just their primary purpose - than I feel comfortable with. But WLM might be different. [I also can't help thinking "Live" means "assume permanent-on connection", which is alien to my philosophy. But maybe it doesn't.]) -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf "The great tragedy of science, the slaying of a beautiful theory by an ugly fact. - Thomas Henry Huxley |
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Bit of a historical question: MS-DOS
On Thu, 7 Jun 2012 21:09:36 +0100, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
wrote: [snip] (Anyone know of email/news software that does this that _isn't_ from Microsoft? Not that I have a _strong_ prejudice against MS products [I Cue or queue the suggestions... use them at work], though I do find they _tend_ to integrate more into the OS - if only by assuming they're the default for more than just their primary purpose - than I feel comfortable with. But WLM might be different. [I also can't help thinking "Live" means "assume permanent-on connection", which is alien to my philosophy. But maybe it doesn't.]) I use Qualcomm's Eudora for E-mail and Forte's Agent for USENET. Sincerely, Gene Wirchenko |
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Bit of a historical question: MS-DOS
In message , Gene Wirchenko
writes: On Thu, 7 Jun 2012 21:09:36 +0100, "J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote: [snip] (Anyone know of email/news software that does this that _isn't_ from Microsoft? Not that I have a _strong_ prejudice against MS products [I Cue or queue the suggestions... [] I use Qualcomm's Eudora for E-mail and Forte's Agent for USENET. [] Wow, do _those_ store individual emails/posts in individual files then? (If so, does it extend to Eudora OSE, which is really Thunderbird?) -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf "quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur". ("Anything is more impressive if you say it in Latin") |
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Bit of a historical question: MS-DOS
On Thu, 07 Jun 2012 15:04:03 -0700, Gene Wirchenko wrote:
On Thu, 7 Jun 2012 21:09:36 +0100, "J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote: [snip] (Anyone know of email/news software that does this that _isn't_ from Microsoft? Not that I have a _strong_ prejudice against MS products [I Cue or queue the suggestions... use them at work], though I do find they _tend_ to integrate more into the OS - if only by assuming they're the default for more than just their primary purpose - than I feel comfortable with. But WLM might be different. [I also can't help thinking "Live" means "assume permanent-on connection", which is alien to my philosophy. But maybe it doesn't.]) I use Qualcomm's Eudora for E-mail and Forte's Agent for USENET. I use Thunderbird and Agent. I switched to Thunderbird because it has a open email folder format. It was a PITA to lose a decade of email history. |
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Bit of a historical question: MS-DOS
On Fri, 08 Jun 2012 01:32:17 +0100, John Williamson
wrote: wrote: On Thu, 07 Jun 2012 15:04:03 -0700, Gene Wirchenko wrote: On Thu, 7 Jun 2012 21:09:36 +0100, "J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote: [snip] (Anyone know of email/news software that does this that _isn't_ from Microsoft? Not that I have a _strong_ prejudice against MS products [I Cue or queue the suggestions... use them at work], though I do find they _tend_ to integrate more into the OS - if only by assuming they're the default for more than just their primary purpose - than I feel comfortable with. But WLM might be different. [I also can't help thinking "Live" means "assume permanent-on connection", which is alien to my philosophy. But maybe it doesn't.]) I use Qualcomm's Eudora for E-mail and Forte's Agent for USENET. I use Thunderbird and Agent. I switched to Thunderbird because it has a open email folder format. It was a PITA to lose a decade of email history. If you switched from Outlook or OE, as long as the .pst file (or its backup) isn't corrupt, you can import all your e-mail into Thunderbird. No, it was PMMail. |
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Bit of a historical question: MS-DOS
On Thu, 7 Jun 2012 23:39:39 +0100, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
wrote: In message , Gene Wirchenko writes: On Thu, 7 Jun 2012 21:09:36 +0100, "J. P. Gilliver (John)" wrote: [snip] (Anyone know of email/news software that does this that _isn't_ from Microsoft? Not that I have a _strong_ prejudice against MS products [I Cue or queue the suggestions... [] I use Qualcomm's Eudora for E-mail and Forte's Agent for USENET. [] Wow, do _those_ store individual emails/posts in individual files then? (If so, does it extend to Eudora OSE, which is really Thunderbird?) Oops! I missed that bit. No, Eudora and Agent both put messages of a mailbox/newsgroup in a file. Each mailbox/newsgroup has its own file. Sincerely, Gene Wirchenko |
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