Subject: Questions??

From: UNADKAT MONA RASIKBHAI <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 12 Sep 1997 10:05:40 -0500 (GMT)

Hi There!!,
Please guide me as to how to save the e-mails as a *.txt OR *.doc OR as
All Files Format in to my computers C drive, i.e. Hard Disk. I have
already saved the messages in to folders created by me, but I do not know
the path of these folders and these folders are not on my hard disk.
Please advise me as the e-mails I have received are very important to me.
I will appreciate your kind help. Thanks,
Mona.

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From: "Robin S. Socha" <[email-masked]>
Date: 12 Sep 1997 07:54:42 +0200

>> "UMR" == UNADKAT MONA RASIKBHAI <[email-masked]> writes: 

UMR> Please guide me as to how to save the e-mails as a *.txt OR *.doc
UMR> OR as All Files Format in to my computers C drive, i.e. Hard
UMR> Disk. I have already saved the messages in to folders created by
UMR> me, but I do not know the path of these folders and these folders
UMR> are not on my hard disk. 

Several options, all depending on how your remote system is
configured (I presume it's a u*ix system):

1. Copying the files to disk and then to your home computer:
	
	* say "mount", see if a floppy is mounted (should be
	  /dev/fd...) and see where it is mounted. Like this:
	         /dev/fd0 on /floppy type msdos (rw)
	  Then say "cp <filename> /<mountpoint>". u*ix is
	  case-sensitive so take care you get the cases right. 

	* if the mtools are installed on your system, "mcopy
	  <filename> a:" will do the trick.

2. FTPing the files home:
	
	* login to your remote system via telnet (telnet
	  giasbma.vsnl.net.in) and give your name and password. Launch
	  a program like Norton Commander that can do Zmodem. Copy the
	  files home.

	* FTP the remote computer (ftp giasbma.vsnl.net.in). Same
	  procedure as above.

BTW, this subject is covered in the FAQ (which you might read some
time) - and actually, your local help desk would be a better place to
ask. 

HTH,
Robin

-- 
Robin S. Socha, M.A.
Political Science Dept., Bonn University, Bonn
"They don't let you teach there, do they?"
Annelise Anderson in comp.mail.pine