Mike, Actually, what you are wanting to do is to extract the message content from all the controls included in a .eml file.
I did see some programs designed to do that out there but didn't pay much attention to them since we were talking about converting them to txt. If you do a google and search for eml2txt or eml to txt you'll find a number of choices. Good luck. Dan Beaver -----Original Message----- From: Mike & Barbara Sent: Friday, January 13, 2012 11:34 PM To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] .EML to Text Converter Hi Steve, Thank you for your reply. I do understand what you're saying but, take a .EML file & change the file extension to .TXT & try to read it! You wouldn't believe all the crap you have to sift through to get to the message, & that's just in a small message. So, that's why I would like to convert the files & not just change the file extensions. Take care. Mike ----- Original Message ----- From: Steve To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com Sent: Friday, January 13, 2012 6:58 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] .EML to Text Converter Mike, An .eml file is in reality a .txt file. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike & Barbara" <mb69ma...@charter.net> To: <jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com> Sent: Friday, January 13, 2012 8:27 PM Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] .EML to Text Converter > Hi Dan, > > After reading this message a little closer , I don't want to just change > the > .EML file extension to a .TXT file extension. I want to convert the .EML > files to either .DOC or .TXT files. I don't want to have to weed through > all that extraneous HTML crap to find the hidden message. I do like your > suggestion because it will definitely come in handy at some point. > Hopefully I'll get either the Total Mail or the Outlook Express converter > figured out! Thanks again, take care. > Mike > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Dan Beaver > To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > Sent: Friday, January 13, 2012 11:36 AM > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] .EML to Text Converter > > > HI, > > I looked this up on the internet and found the following: > > If you rename a .eml file to .txt then you can use notepad and the like > to > view the contents. they are only typed as .eml so that windows will use > a > browser to view their contents. > > I tried this and found that it does indeed work. However, doing this > also > includes all the routing and tagging info at the beginning and end of the > content. If the email was composed in html then you'll have to search > for > the first line beginning with a < symbol to find the beginning of the > actual > content. I removed the routing and tagging info and renamed it as .html > and > was able to view the email content in a browser. This enabled me to also > use header and table and other navigation methods. > > If you really want the content in a .txt file you could view it in a > browser > and copy it from their to a .txt file. > > I do not have any saved emails in text format so I do not know what you > see > after renaming to a .txt file. > > To make the renaming easier for large numbers of files you could do the > following: > > open a command prompt. > > issue a cd command to the folder holding the .eml files. > > issue a rename *.eml *.txt(or htm). > > This will rename all the .eml files in the current folder. > > I hope this helps you out. > > -----Original Message----- > From: Miriam Vieni > Sent: Friday, January 13, 2012 12:12 PM > To: jaws-users-list@jaws-users.com > Subject: Re: [JAWS-Users] .EML to Text Converter > > I only know how to do them one at a time. > > Miriam > > -----Original Message----- > From: jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com > [mailto:jaws-users-list-boun...@jaws-users.com] On Behalf Of Mike & > Barbara > Sent: Friday, January 13, 2012 10:36 AM > To: Jaws-Users List > Subject: [JAWS-Users] .EML to Text Converter > > Hi All, > > First, I'm running XP & Jaws 10 thru 13. I have several thousand .EML > files > I would like to convert to .TXT or .DOC files. Does anyone know where I > can > get a converter that is Jaws accessible, that can do this job? All help > will be greatly appreciated. Thanks much, take care. > Mike > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > > > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ > For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: > http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/ For answers to frequently asked questions about this list visit: http://www.jaws-users.com/help/
