loobie Posted July 21, 2006 Report Share Posted July 21, 2006 Help, ever since joining the refuge I have happily been archiving my pms and storing them in a special email folder I had to refer to an old one yesterday and discovered that I have archived them in the wrong format and it is all gobbledy goop Is there anything I can do to rectify it please and for future archiving (as my pm box is full) which format do I choose Thanx L xx Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happylittlegreensquirrel Posted July 21, 2006 Report Share Posted July 21, 2006 always choose HTML not sure if you can convert the old ones Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loobie Posted July 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2006 (edited) always choose HTML not sure if you can convert the old ones that is the thing Sam, I thought I was choosing HTML think I will archive one little lonely pm and see what happens Update - I have just archived 5pms in HTML and they have all come up total gobbledy goop Edited July 21, 2006 by loobie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loobie Posted July 21, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2006 It says this This is a MIME encoded message. at the beginning of the email Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happylittlegreensquirrel Posted July 21, 2006 Report Share Posted July 21, 2006 eeeeeekkk erm I don't know then , hopefully a grown up will come with the answer shortly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sophie Posted July 21, 2006 Report Share Posted July 21, 2006 (edited) I have a somewhat convoluted solution that will work if you have WinZip (free trial is available if you don't). Copy the text of the email into a new text file (use notepad or whatever you prefer, but not word). Save the file as a .MIM file - if you're using notepad, you need to enter eg archive1.MIM and then select 'All Files' in the save as type drop down. Double click on the .MIM file, and it should open with WinZip. IT will show several files within the archive. One of these will have your messages in. Open them til you find the one (for me it was unkown.001). Open that file (choose notepad if it asks you too choose a program to open it with), and it should look like a bit less gobbledy-gooky gobbledy gook (html in fact). Save the content as an html file (same way as you did for the MIM file, but name it filename.html), and it should then be openable in IE and show you all your messages. (If that doesn't make sense or you need more help, feel free to PM me - alternatley, someone more techy might have a much simpler solution) Edited July 21, 2006 by Sophie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Whippetlover Posted July 21, 2006 Report Share Posted July 21, 2006 eeeeeekkk erm I don't know then , hopefully a grown up will come with the answer shortly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loobie Posted July 22, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2006 I have a somewhat convoluted solution that will work if you have WinZip (free trial is available if you don't). Copy the text of the email into a new text file (use notepad or whatever you prefer, but not word). Save the file as a .MIM file - if you're using notepad, you need to enter eg archive1.MIM and then select 'All Files' in the save as type drop down. Double click on the .MIM file, and it should open with WinZip. IT will show several files within the archive. One of these will have your messages in. Open them til you find the one (for me it was unkown.001). Open that file (choose notepad if it asks you too choose a program to open it with), and it should look like a bit less gobbledy-gooky gobbledy gook (html in fact). Save the content as an html file (same way as you did for the MIM file, but name it filename.html), and it should then be openable in IE and show you all your messages. (If that doesn't make sense or you need more help, feel free to PM me - alternatley, someone more techy might have a much simpler solution) help can't do it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snow Posted July 22, 2006 Report Share Posted July 22, 2006 Loobie what email program are you using to try and read them in? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loobie Posted July 24, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 24, 2006 Loobie what email program are you using to try and read them in? my yahoo email addy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mooandboo Posted July 27, 2006 Report Share Posted July 27, 2006 Doggiemom has cracked this one I think - she uses an gmail account - might be worth asking her Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
loobie Posted July 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2006 (edited) Doggiemom has cracked this one I think - she uses an gmail account - might be worth asking her I have a gmail account but dont know what to do with relation to archiving pm's Edited July 27, 2006 by loobie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanishPastry Posted July 27, 2006 Report Share Posted July 27, 2006 All I did was switch to Gmail so I probably can't help you sowwy.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ClazUK Posted July 27, 2006 Report Share Posted July 27, 2006 I save mine in HTML but they go into Outlook. BUT... when I used to save my DeeePeee ones I saved them to a Yahoo account and they were readable Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mooandboo Posted July 27, 2006 Report Share Posted July 27, 2006 Mine aren't readable if I save them as HTML to my wanadoo accounts (DP ones were fine) - haven't tried outlook or gmail - I got pissed off with wanadoo & gave up Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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