UBB.Developers Forums UBB.threads 7 Development How Do I? Help? Importing Posts from another Message Board

Hi all,

I am not really concerned with usernames and profiles because there were no profiles on the old board.

I can save them all as one CSV file

Some (most)emails have come to me(the board host send me the posts that drop off in email format)like this:
(its automated I assume)

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----- Original Message -----
From: <****@boards2go.com>
To: <>
Sent: Thursday, August 29, 2002 3:51 PM
Subject: Boards2Go.com - CYABC ARCHIVE


> Post Subject: Not no kill by having others do it
> Author IP:
> Author Email:
> Author: Scrutinizer
> Date and Time: 5/30/2001 @ 03:17:05 AM
> Message: What would compel a pound take an SPCA dog or cat? I am certain the pound is not going to provide the service for free. Sending your animals to another place to die is not no kill.<BR><BR>Donors are not happy. The SPCA sent pets to die at the hands of others. Once given to the pound, who knows what happens to the pet?<BR>
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And others we were attempting to archive ourselves and came like this:
(sorry for long email here but we were putting the whole thread itself into an email..very arduous process)

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----- Original Message -----
From: **********@aol.com
To:
Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2002 11:25 PM
Subject: History Repeats Itself - "Austin"


History Repeats Itself - "Austin"
Posted on 7/12/2002 at 12:41:17 AM by Anita Horne

Your website is dedicated to the 6 nice dogs that were killed after months under the care of the SPCA.

I fear that this has happened again. Austin had been picked up by the Victoria SPCA with serious injury from a chain embedded in his neck. He was taken and hospitalized but survived and put up for adoption. He was described as a happy dog yet was killed 3 months later. I cannot get an explanation. A number of people were following his progress since he survived his injury and no one can get an answer why he was killed. No response to my letter. Only 3 weeks earlier he was at the Pet Fair in Victoria and available for adoption. Two assessments were done, yet an explanation has not been received.

Does anyone who reads this board know why Austin was killed? If something happened to him, medically or behaviourally, then surely it must have happened during the 3 MONTHS he was in care of the Victoria SPCA.

Or is this going to be another case where an animal is destroyed and supposed to be forgotten about?

Anita Horne
Re(1): History Repeats Itself -
Posted on 7/12/2002 at 10:07:01 PM by Anonymous

I hope Kimberly can research this for you.
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Etc etc

I wont really worry about the latter format above, I can fix those later on. But most of the emails are sent as individual posts like the first example.

I can easily assign the username as mine(admin)

I have imported all the messages into Outlook
(I usually use OE) and can convert to CSV easily.

Just need some kind of guideline to go by.

I want to attach the csv file to this message but probably not a good idea, but it might help if someone saw how it was preserved.


If all the above seems confusing I am happy to be coached via email if someone decides to take this task on

Thanks in advance

Lerosia

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