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Need to export email as .txt from the command line.

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bstryk
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I would like to export each email in a folder to either a single or multiple .txt file. I can do this from the Mozilla program with no problems, but I need to do it from the command line. Is this possible? Thanks.

I would like to export each email in a folder to either a single or multiple .txt file. I can do this from the Mozilla program with no problems, but I need to do it from the command line. Is this possible? Thanks.

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Matt
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if you are a programmer it is not complex to write a script that will do as you want. The storage Thunderbird uses it the RD variant of the Berkley mbox format (a structured plain text file format). You will probably find scripts on google that will do as you want, but you will be unlikely to get any help here in programming your own. Perhaps try the google group mozilla.dev.apps.thunderbird for such technical assistance. https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/mozilla.dev.apps.thunderbird