Thanks for the pointers. I was not aware of these. I will try to get that project back to the top of the list. John Ferrell W8CCW "My Competition is not my enemy" http://DixieNC.US ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gerhard Fiedler" To: Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2006 12:27 PM Subject: Re: [OT] See this ? > John Ferrell wrote: > >> I sure would like to be able to convert my Outlook Express files to >> something like plain text. For whatever reason the published >> backup/restore >> functions have not worked for over a year. > > I don't use OE myself, but maybe you find something suitable here: > > http://www.surfpack.com/software/dbxoutlookexpressconvertdbfcsvxlsxmlmdb/ > http://www.softplatz.com/software/outlook-express-converter/ > > >> My current number one criteria for a database of any type is that you >> must be able to save it to CSV format. If I cannot do that I consider it >> as being held hostage. > > I hear you :) My earlier comment was about forum software, which > generally > places data on SQL databases. They all can be exported to pretty much > anything you want, including SQL (even better than CSV, as it maintains > the > table structure). > > Gerhard > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist