After Windows starts, open a DOS-Prompt window:
Start / Programs / Run: command
Change-directory to AOL's "organize" folder:
cd c:\AMERIC~1.0\organize
Create a new file containing only text (ASCII) characters from
PFC (personal filing cabinet) for user "DemocracyU":
strings democrac.yu >c:\RMAIL
During August 2002 file "democrac.yu" grew to about 820 megabytes, at which point AOL 4.0 was no longer able to open it. You might want to "split" the text file into pieces and process each piece as follows...
Start GNU Emacs:
Start / Run / Programs / GNU Emacs: Emacs
Enable Lisp function:
M-x load-file c:/AMERIC~1.0/organize/aol2rml.el
Find file create from
"strings"
command:
C-x C-f c:/RMAIL
Execute Lisp function:
M-x my-aol-to-rmail
Save file:
C-x C-s
Close file:
C-x k
Open file using RMAIL:
M-x rmail
NOTE: Messages from discussion lists are deleted according to
contents of "my-message-discussion-lists" (see Lisp
function).
NOTE: Commands "strings" and "split" come from Native Win32 ports of some GNU utilities.