MSG File Searching

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MSG file searching is activated through the Options tab.

When activated FileLocator Pro treats MSG files as containers of other files, ie. MSG files become 'virtual' folders. The body of the email text is treated as a single .txt file and each of the email's attachments as separate files (assuming the 'Search attachments' option has been checked). Therefore when searching MSG files it's important to avoid the temptation of specifying the filename as *.msg since there are few emails which will contain *.msg in their subject line. Instead use Location Filters to restrict the search to just msg files, e.g.

C:\Folder\Emails\;+.msg

To export the email and/or attachments to separate files simply copy/paste or drag/drop the required files to a location in Explorer.

Example 1: Searching MSG files by Subject and Contents

The example below shows how the 'File name' field is used to search the email Subject while the 'Containing text' field is used to search the email body. Note that the File name field has been switched to Boolean search for more flexible searching.

Example 2: Searching MSG files for image attachments

This example uses the 'File name' field to search for attachments that are either PNG, JPG, or BMP files.

Important: Make sure that Search attachments has been checked in the Options Tab.

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