Hey Mark, if not apparent solution will appear, I was thinking to
produce a small code to convert the text files to data-base files. It
would be easy to generate fields as "sender", "date", "time", "subject",
"to", and so on.  A good data base can create indexes to speed up
searching and all. So, we just need to find out which data-base pgm is
pretty nice to use, fast, small, $cheap$, any suggestions? anyone?  I
also thought to write it to CD's, but there is no use in text files...
search is just horrible.  I guess one could sell those CD's by $5.00
shipping included, huh? a near Microchip lifetime of forum discussions,
including subjects as "How a PIC solved the Hubble problem" or "How to
make rain drops go upward using a PIC, two 33pF capacitors and a huuuuge
industrial blower"... and other pearls... like a subject I saw:
"Whatahell!@?" :)
Wagner.

Mark Willis wrote:
>
> Wagner Lipnharski wrote:
> >
> > Obviously after few years I have near a gigabyte of email at my Netscape
> > email directory, classified by some subjects, somehow, but I believe
> > even this new version of Netscape (that looks like to have few nasty
> > bugs that generate windows blue screens) can not manage well such amount
> > of text.
> >
> > To minimize this problem, I am saving old directories into plain .TXT
> > files, and deleting it from Netscape.  I am doing it because everything
> > from the email still in ascii format, so sooner or later it could be
> > retrieved by some crazy indexer software, and searched as I can do with
> > Netscape's email function.
> >
> > Is there any available software at the market that can manage emails
> > from plain txt files?  So I can finally allow Netscape to open its mail
> > section in less than 20 seconds?  :)
> >
> > Wagner.
>
> I want this as a semi-CD compatible application (I want to be able to
> burn a set of CD's (say one a year, over time) - so I can back up stuff
> off the HDD here, I too have nearly a Gig of e-mail, and it's TOO MUCH
> on rotating media <G>
>
> I've thought of just using Grep on a fast CD-Rom drive or something like
> that.  It'd beat no search capability at all.
>
>   Mark