PMs and Size Limit - how to save PMs to text file

Shadow_Ferret · Oct 29, 2007

Whenever my PM box gets full, I start deleting PMs. Some I wish I could have kept over the years, so deleting is often a hard decision.

Now I just noticed that besides deleting option there's a Save as XML, CVS?, and Text option.

Has that always been there? Can I actually, somehow, save my PMs as text onto my computer?

How does that work?

Thanks.

TrainofThought · Oct 29, 2007

Yes it has always been there since I became a member.

Put a check in the box to the far right of the message, scroll down, choose download as Text and click Go.

The email should pull up in Notepad, so browse to your hard drive, create a folder for AW messages and save there.

Shadow_Ferret · Oct 29, 2007

Double drat. So all these years I could have saved some excellent PMs, full of pithe and vital information?

Triple drat.

dpaterso · Oct 29, 2007

Hope you don't mind, I edited the subject line so members with the same problem might easily find the solution.

Sorry you've lost some PMs, Ferret. Those save options are kinda tucked away at the bottom of the screen.

-Derek

Deleted member 42 · Oct 29, 2007

The CVS option allows you to import the exported PMs into an Excel file, or other other spreadsheet; sometimes it gets a bit wonky, so i'd try the .txt version. XML is best used by über geeks with a database designed for PM xml structures.

poetinahat · Oct 29, 2007

Shadow, I found the archives. Here are your lost PM's:

#1: LOL
#2: ROFL
#3: ROTFLMAO
#4: Huh?
#5: Yes, I am wearing pants. I don't care what maestro said.
#6: LOL
#7: Ignore previous message.
#8: Those mods really are harsh, aren't they?
#9: Verdana? VERDANA? You must be high. Courier rules!
#10: LOL

Glad to help.

louisgodwin · Oct 29, 2007

Ummmm, you mean to tell me the mods can pull up our old deleted PM's?

This is not good. Please tell me you're joking?

aka eraser · Oct 30, 2007

louisgodwin said:
Ummmm, you mean to tell me the mods can pull up our old deleted PM's?

This is not good. Please tell me you're joking?

He is. Pretty sure. Tough to tell with poets though. They're allatime looking inscrutably mystical. Or dyspeptic. Anyway, pretty darn tough to figure out.

Deleted member 42 · Oct 30, 2007

louisgodwin said:
Ummmm, you mean to tell me the mods can pull up our old deleted PM's?

This is not good. Please tell me you're joking?

Not mods, per se, no.

It is technically possible to rebuild the underlying database from backups and table dumps, but it's a huge PITA, and might not work even then.

So take that as a No.

Shadow_Ferret · Oct 30, 2007

poetinahat said:
Shadow, I found the archives. Here are your lost PM's:

#1: LOL
#2: ROFL
#3: ROTFLMAO
#4: Huh?
#5: Yes, I am wearing pants. I don't care what maestro said.
#6: LOL
#7: Ignore previous message.
#8: Those mods really are harsh, aren't they?
#9: Verdana? VERDANA? You must be high. Courier rules!
#10: LOL

Glad to help.

Um. Thanks. I really didn't mean that about the mods.

brokenfingers · Oct 30, 2007

What is a PM and why should I be worried about its size?

PMs and Size Limit - how to save PMs to text file

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