PowerControls 2.1 introduced a powerful new export feature that allows emails to be restored as individual disk files. Messages can be exported as Microsoft Outlook files (.msg) or plain text files (.txt). You can export at all levels: an entire EDB file, a mailbox, a folder, or individual messages.
Message (.msg) export
A .msg (Microsoft Outlook message file) can be imported directly into Microsoft Outlook. This file type encapsulates the entire message including attachments.
Text (.txt) export
A .txt file will be created with the following information. Note that attachments are not exported, and not all message properties are exported.
| Calendar item |
Contact item |
Task item |
Message and all other items |
Subject:
Location: |
Last Name:
First Name: |
Subject:
Due Date:
Priority: |
From:
Sent: (created date)
To:
CC: (if present)
BCC: (if present) |
Start:
End: |
Business Address: |
Status:
Percent Complete: |
Subject: |
| Recurrence: (if present) |
Home: |
Total Work:
Actual Work: |
Attachment file names: |
Required Attendees:
Resources:
Body: |
Category: |
Owner: |
Message Body | |
Additional Information:
The file name for an exported message is its subject. A duplicate subject name will create a file with the same name but with an (x) appended to the filename: x = 1 for the first duplicate, x = 2 for the next duplicate, and so on. If the subject contains illegal file name characters, the offending characters will be replaced with underscores.
When exporting individual messages, you have the option to keep the folder/mailbox hierarchy, similar to the paste special feature. When exporting a mailbox or folder, you have the option to also export the subfolders.
Results from any search operation can be exported.
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