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Here’s a link that serves to validate at least one of the emails. http://listserv.arizona.edu/cgi-bin/wa?A2=ind9812&L=itrdbfor&T=0&P=795

Those of you that have the original file, here’s some info on how to extract the text from it:

The file names in the email directory are UNIX dates of the emails.

Emails are in UNIX format, so Notepad won’t open them properly.

Copy all the text files to a single folder.

Move all the text files into a single document.

A simple way to do this is by using DOS in a command prompt window:

Go to the folder in & type:

TYPE *.txt>emails.doc

Then hit enter. It will dump everything into a single text file with “doc” as the suffix.

Then select ‘Open With’ Open Office Writer or MSWord etc. It will guess (usually correctly) the right formatting and ask you if you want to convert. Then it will open to show all the emails in order from oldest to newest. You can scroll through them, do text searches, etc. Be sure to ‘Save As’ a RTF file or with a differnet name or you will have to covert it each time you open it.

Your advice is very good on handling the files. Especially in merging the files.

I chose to leave the file in original format and view with Notepad++ editor. It is a very fast GPL (free) advanced text editor. http://notepad-plus.sourceforge.net/uk/site.htm It will display in Windows, Mac, or Linux formats without changing the file structure. It also handles RegX search functions.

I like having all the e-mails in 1 searchable file. My merged file is 7.8 MB in size.

Have not had time to go through it, but being able to search by specific Sender or Recipient should help in analyzing what is important.

Thanks again.