Merge without saving each time

DonAlejandro · Joined: 20 Oct 2006 Posts: 5

I'm trying to extract email addresses from emails stored in Folders inside my Mail app. I'm using Tiger.
I selected "merge results when several files selected" because I want all the addresses to be in 1 single file.
When I try to save the merged file to start the extraction, Email extractor asks me to save each email file.
Is there a way that I can just click "save" once and all the emails will be extracted and merged in 1 single file instead of having to do it hundreds of times?

stanbusk · Site Admin Joined: 28 Dec 2005 Posts: 2189

Are you using current v3? Current v3 only asks once.

DonAlejandro · Joined: 20 Oct 2006 Posts: 5

I just downloaded 3.0 again, installed it and it does the same thing: it asks me every single time to save.
Any thoughts?

stanbusk · Site Admin Joined: 28 Dec 2005 Posts: 2189

Really strange. If you have set in the preferences to gather all results to a single file you should be asked once. Have you tried to delete the preference file?

DonAlejandro · Joined: 20 Oct 2006 Posts: 5

I quit email extractor, deleted the preferences, click on merge in the new preferences and it still asks to save every time...

stanbusk · Site Admin Joined: 28 Dec 2005 Posts: 2189

What operating system are you using?

DonAlejandro · Joined: 20 Oct 2006 Posts: 5

mac os 10.4.8

stanbusk · Site Admin Joined: 28 Dec 2005 Posts: 2189

Are you dropping your files always to the same opened eMail Extractor Windows?

DonAlejandro · Joined: 20 Oct 2006 Posts: 5

What I do is:
1) I launch email extractor
2) A email extractor window opens
3) I drag a folder with files and drop it on the window
4) A finder save window opens
5) I click save and a few seconds later it asked me to save again. IT does this until I have to force email extractor to quit

stanbusk · Site Admin Joined: 28 Dec 2005 Posts: 2189

Ok. Please open a support ticket and paste this step by step procedure to it. We will handle this problem.

drBones · Joined: 28 Nov 2006 Posts: 2

All I can say to this is it works for me and is the reason I just registered v.3.

Now I just have to figure out how to get this to jive with my spreadsheet to give up the names associated with the email addresses.

stanbusk · Site Admin Joined: 28 Dec 2005 Posts: 2189

To process a spreadsheet I would use MaxBulk Mailer as the data is already formatted.

drBones · Joined: 28 Nov 2006 Posts: 2

Ahhhh....

The old rename the Good file to KEEP and drop it on the list in MaxBulk trick.

Veeeeeeeery clever.

It worked. Thanks.