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Pegasus Mail Add-on Programs

The programs listed on this page have been written by Stephen Knight and are all freeware (i.e. I retain the copyright but you are free to use or pass on the programs as long as you do not profit from doing so). If you find the programs useful then send me an email using the "Contact Us" button above, the previous email address listed here has (not surprisingly) been hijacked by spammers over the years and is no longer monitored.

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The programs were written around 1997 and therefore may not function with current versions of programs - in particular Netscape changed file formats after Version 3 and is in part no longer compatible with this software, however, they all appear to function with the current versions of Pegasus Mail.

Mail system converter is a 16 bit program an as such handles standard DOS format (8.3) filenames.  A 32 bit version with updates will be released when I have the time to complete it.

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Programs available

DigesterFilter program for Pegasus to convert non MIME message digests into MIME ones for reading in the built in digest reader.
Mail System Converter Windows program for converting email folders and address books between Eudora, Netscape, Pegasus, Onnet, Spry Airmail etc.
Pegasus Address Book Converter DOS program to convert CSV (comma separated values) into address books for Pegasus, Netscape, Eudora (three versions), Spry Airmail, OnNet Mail, a HTML table etc.
Send FileFilter program which turns Pegasus into a file server looking for commands such as GET sendfile.zip, DIR etc. in a message and sending results back by email. Very secure and fully configurable using a single easy INI file.
ExtractSimple filter for extracting messages without all the SMTP headers, leaving just From, To, Subject, Date, and CC.
Make SentSimple DOS program for use after converting messages from another mail program. Run it on a 'sent' messages folder and Pegasus will then see all the messages as a Copy to Self.

You may also want to take a look at Interguru's Mail Converter page at http://www.interguru.com/mailconv.htm for links to many other Email address book & folder converters.

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DIGESTER

Filter program to use with Pegasus which converts List Server Digests in the old pre-MIME format into a true MIME Digest message which can be read in Pegasus Mail's built in Digest reader.

An advantage of this method over setting your listserv subscription to MIME format is that you can reply to either the list, sender or both using the normal reply buttons (you can only reply to the sender using the normal listserv MIME digests) as well.

Updated to v2.40 September 2001 to include Yahoo Groups emails which use two lines of underscores between messages and additional spaces before message headers.  v2.42 allowed it to work with quoted printable versions of Yahoo Groups emails which have a blank line between the two header lines.  v2.70 recompiled to deal with new format Yahoo Groups email as long as the emails are switched to the 'traditional' format.

Version : Currently at 2.70 June 2006.  (Previous version 2.42, 4-September 2001, previous versions:  2.40, September 2001 & 2.30, June 97.
Size : Approx 70Kb.

How to get it :

digester_270.exe digester_242.zip or digester_240.zip or digester_230.zip
Source code available from : digester_270.bas digester_242.bas or digester_240.bas


SENDFILE

Filter program which turns Pegasus into an email file server responding to commands like those used by FTP servers such as DIR, LS, GET filename, HELP, INFO etc. It is fully configurable and will make a whole directory structure that you specify available by email without you needing to maintain a list of files available (i.e. putting a file in the chosen directory is sufficient to make it available).

There are options for the user to select the encoding method (UUENCODE, BASE64, BINHEX) and the owner can specify that all commands are logged, whether to ask for receipts for sent messages, add a header, signature etc. All this is configured from a simple INI file.

Works best with Windows 95 or later when handling multiple messages as Windows 3.1 can't cope with many windows open at once.

Full Word / Text manual included.

Version : 1.0.10 (16 Mar 97)
Size
: 70Kb

How to get it :
sendfile.zip
 
Installation Documents in HTML Word 6 or  ASCII Text format.

Source code:    sendfile.bas


EXTRACT

Filter program to append message to file without smtp headers etc. for creating old style digests or archiving messages. Only From, To, Date CC, and Subject headers (and then only the first line) are extracted.

Usage : EXTRACT <file to append to.> <mail message file>

e.g. : EXTRACT c:\archive.txt C:\temp\$wpp3434.tmp

Pegasus can be setup to extract a whole folder automatically using a general mail filtering rule set. Setup a rule which runs for every message (e.g. search for From:* in the headers of the message) and get it to Run A Program. Enter filename as EXTRACT C:\archive.txt etc.

Works best with Windows 95 when handling multiple messages as Windows 3.1 can't cope with many windows open at once.

Version : Currently at 1.0, Feb 97.
Size
: Approx 40Kb.

How to get it :
extract.zip
Source code available from : extract.bas


PEGADRBK

Small DOS program that converts a Comma Separated file of address details (as produced by program ADRCSV or exported from Excel etc.) into various address book formats, including Eudora, Eudora Light, Eudora Pro, Pegasus, Pegasus PMImport, Spry Airmail, Onnet Mail, NOV*IX Mail, Unipalm Mail-It, an HTML table, Netscape.

Version : Currently at 1.1, Oct '96.
Size
: Approx 65Kb.

How to get it :
pegadrbk.zip
Source code available from : addrbook.bas


MAIL SYSTEM CONVERTER

Windows based conversion program to convert folders and address books between the following mail programs.  This is a 16 bit program and has not yet been updated to handle long filenames etc. to convert folder names correctly.  When it was written Pegasus Mail allowed you to specify the filename of folders and defaulted this to the same as the first half of the folder name.  Now this is generally FOLDxxxx which doesn't convert well.  Paolo Holzl of http://www.holzl.it/ has got around to writing a utility to do the renaming of converted folders before I've got around to fixing Mailconv (I haven't tried this utility personally).

A 32 bit version of MailConv with support for Outlook and Lotus Notes etc. will happen at some point, hopefully this year (2005).

FOLDERS

  • Eudora (all versions) to/from Pegasus
  • Netscape (all versions) to/from Pegasus
  • Onnet / NOV*IX / Mail-It to Pegasus
  • Beame & Whiteside Mail to Pegasus
  • General File=Message, Directory=Folder to/from Pegasus

ADDRESS BOOKS

ProgramExportImportfilename
Eudora LightYesIncluded but under testNNDBASE.TXT
Eudora v2YesNoNNDBASE.TXT
Eudora ProYesNo but Eudora Lite may work.NNDBASE.TXT
Netscape (tested to v2.01)YesYesADDRESS.HTM
Pegasus Import (windows)YesYes*.TXT
Pegasus PMImport (DOS)YesYes*.TXT
Comma Separated (CSV)YesYes*.CSV
Spry AirmailYesYes*.ALS
Firefox NOV*IX MailYesYes0.ABC
Unipalm Mail-ItYesYes0.ABC
FTP Onnet MailNoYes0.ABC
HTML TableYesN/A*.HTM

Version : 1.2.00
Size
: 1.7Mb (I know, it's all those DLL's)

Documentation / manual partially written. Can be retrieved from here.

How to get it :
mailconv.zip

32 bit version, partially written with proper uninstaller etc.  Eudora export converted to use long filenames can be found here:
mailconv32.zip

General procedure for converting addresses from Pegasus Mail to another system is:

  1. Open an address book in Pegasus Mail (from F3 menu)
  2. Open the Addressbook menu that appears and choose Export to text file (or export to tagged text file) and save it to a file, e.g. export.txt in a known location, eg your MAIL directory.
  3. Repeat steps 1 and 2 to different files until you have exported all address books
  4. Launch Mail System Converter
  5. Choose the file you exported in step 2 in the source pane
  6. Choose Address Book | Import | Pegasus Export
  7. You will see the addresses import into the program. At this point you can import further address books too, just repeat steps 5 and 6

  8. Choose the correct export directory in destination pane (e.g. for Eudora this is where the file nndbase.txt is, for Netscape (3) where addrbook.htm is etc.)
  9. Choose Address Book | Export | and which ever format you require.

To convert from Eudora or Netscape to Pegasus Mail, reverse the procedure:

  1. Open Mail Systems Converter
  2. Change source pane to nndbase.txt, addrbook.htm etc. from Eudora or Netscape etc.
  3. Address Book | Import | <choose relevant one>
  4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for any additional address books to merge together
  5. Change destination pane to a known directory
  6. Address Book | Export | Pegasus Import
  7. Open Pegasus Mail
  8. Create a new address book or open an existing one
  9. Choose Addressbook | Import from text file / Import tagged text file and choose the file exported at step 6

MAKESENT

Very simple program which steps through a Pegasus folder and adds the X-cs: header to each message which tells Pegasus it is a copy to self. Once you have converted a Sent Mail folder from another package with Mail System Converter or another program the Sent messages will normally show up as From yourself as opposed to showing the To: line you used. Once the folder has been converted Pegasus will show the messages as it does it's own Copy to Self messages.

Version
: 1.0 (Jan 97)
Size
: 40Kb

How to get it :
makesent.exe

Source code:    makesent.bas


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