Searching IMAP body for email addresses

Hello

Is there a way of searching the body of an IMAP email for specific
text?
I have over 700 bounce backs in my inbox of email addresses that need
to be taken off our lists.
Due to time constraints, i have been asked not to do this manually and
produce a list of email addresses.

I am accessing the inboxes through Outlook 2008 and thunderbird.

Any ideas/programs/addons would be much appriciated

Thanks

gledhill.anthony@googlemail.com writes:

> Hello
>
> Is there a way of searching the body of an IMAP email for specific
> text?

Yes, the IMAP protocol does include a search function.

> I have over 700 bounce backs in my inbox of email addresses that need
> to be taken off our lists.

Next time, instead of screwing around with your own hacked-up mailing list
code, you should've used any one of the mailing list management software
that's freely available on the Internet that automatically removes
undeliverable addresses from the subscription rolls.

> I am accessing the inboxes through Outlook 2008 and thunderbird.

Both of them have an easily available search function. Just type the text
you're looking for, and they'll search all messages to find ones that
contain the entered text string.


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On 10 Jul, 13:13, Sam <s...@email-scan.com> wrote:
> gledhill.anth...@googlemail.com writes:
> > Hello
>
> > Is there a way of searching the body of an IMAP email for specific
> > text?
>
> Yes, the IMAP protocol does include a search function.
>
> > I have over 700 bounce backs in my inbox of email addresses that need
> > to be taken off our lists.
>
> Next time, instead of screwing around with your own hacked-up mailing list
> code, you should've used any one of the mailing list management software
> that's freely available on the Internet that automatically removes
> undeliverable addresses from the subscription rolls.
>
> > I am accessing the inboxes through Outlook 2008 and thunderbird.
>
> Both of them have an easily available search function. Just type the text
> you're looking for, and they'll search all messages to find ones that
> contain the entered text string.
>
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Thanks for your post

Which one would you suggest?

gledhill.anthony@googlemail.com writes:

> On 10 Jul, 13:13, Sam <s...@email-scan.com> wrote:
>> gledhill.anth...@googlemail.com writes:
>> > Hello
>>
>> > Is there a way of searching the body of an IMAP email for specific
>> > text?
>>
>> Yes, the IMAP protocol does include a search function.
>>
>> > I have over 700 bounce backs in my inbox of email addresses that need
>> > to be taken off our lists.
>>
>> Next time, instead of screwing around with your own hacked-up mailing list
>> code, you should've used any one of the mailing list management software
>> that's freely available on the Internet that automatically removes
>> undeliverable addresses from the subscription rolls.
>>
>> > I am accessing the inboxes through Outlook 2008 and thunderbird.
>>
>> Both of them have an easily available search function. Just type the text
>> you're looking for, and they'll search all messages to find ones that
>> contain the entered text string.
>>
>> Â*application_pgp-signature_part
>> 1KDownload
>
> Thanks for your post
>
> Which one would you suggest?

I presume you're asking about mailing list management software. The two most
popular free mailing list managers are mailman and majordomo. Google them..
These two can be adapted to work with any mail server. There are a couple of
others, which are designed to work with a specific mail server only.
Collectively, they are used to host tens of thousands of mailing lists,
worlwide. There's no reason not to use them, if you need to run a mailing
lists.


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