PICdude <picdude3 <at> narwani.org> writes:

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> I've been running on webmail for the past few years (long, but valid =20
> story), and now I need to download and keep all of it.  Roughly just =20
> under 2GB over 3 email accounts.
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> I used to download to a Linux box, but that's full and I don't have =20
> that machine at hand currently.  So I setup Thunderbird (as it uses =20
> the same maildir format, so I should be able to merge later) using =20
> POP3, but it hangs after some time, and can't continue.  Out of ~7000 =20
> emails in one account, it hangs about half-way.
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> I'm ideally after an email client (for Windows XP), that uses maildir =20
> format, which is either very reliable (and will retry, check for =20
> errors, etc) or better... will allow me to download by specific date =20
> ranges.  This way, I can grab a few months at a time and let it delete =20
> those as it goes along.
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> Or if any of you have any better (simple) ideas?
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> Cheers,
> -Neil.
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I do not know if any Windows email client uses maildir format.  If you are
familiar with linux already, just install VMWare player, then install your
favorite linux distro under virtual machine and download your emails.=20
Sometimes webmail clients have option to download emails, check this out to=
o.=20

Sergey Dryga
http://beaglerobotics.com


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