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HOW TO CREATE EMAIL ADDRESSES LIST ONLY, IN TEXT FORMAT, 1 PER LINE, OUT OF DIRECTORY (UNDER INBOX) OF ALL MESSAGES FROM ONE SOURCE - CREATED BY SEARCH FROM = X

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Can anyone help with this: Create a simple email list, of email addresses only, in text format, (1 per line) by extracting addresses from a Subdirectory under Inbox - which Subdirectory contains complete messages and was created through SEARCH function, using criteria FROM = 'X'... and then saving that search...

Any help will be appreciated. Thanks.

Can anyone help with this: Create a simple email list, of email addresses only, in text format, (1 per line) by extracting addresses from a Subdirectory under Inbox - which Subdirectory contains complete messages and was created through SEARCH function, using criteria FROM = 'X'... and then saving that search... Any help will be appreciated. Thanks.

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It works perfectly here on normal folders, but for some reason it doesn't work properly on a Saved Search folder. Try copying the Saved results to another, regular folder and run the crawler (check "Collect addresses even if present...".

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You could install EMAIL ADDRESS CRAWLER and scan the subdirectory (right-click the folder), placing the addresses in an already-created address book, and then exporting the book to a csv file. A csv can be edited in a spreadsheet or csv editor to remove unneeded columns, or the Email column could be copied to a text file.

http://chrisramsden.vfast.co.uk/3_How_to_install_Add-ons_in_Thunderbird.html

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Thank you so much for such a swift reply! Very much appreciated!

Unfortunately, have gone through an elaborate zig-zag process , but have successfully installed it, or at least it appears so.

However, although right click does produce the Search Parameters of the Crawler screen, no matter what 'Field' option and/or Address book selection was made (New or old Abook) it always returns:

'Successfully parsed 0 addresses'! (Tried it at least 20 times!)...

What is wrong here?

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Chosen Solution

It works perfectly here on normal folders, but for some reason it doesn't work properly on a Saved Search folder. Try copying the Saved results to another, regular folder and run the crawler (check "Collect addresses even if present...".

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ABSOLUTELY OUTSTANDING SUPPORT! !VERY GRATEFUL FOR YOUR HELP! THANKS AGAIN!