Searching a folder of .eml files for a username?

[iSteve]

Hello,

 

I need to search through an email archive on our system to find any messages containing a particular user's name. All of our email is archived into a folder, and each message is a simple .eml file.

 

Does anyone know of a utility, or command line option that will search through these .eml files for a string of text?

[powdarrmonkey]

Windows' built in doggie. Use the 'files that contain' field and narrow it down to the folder you want to search, and off he goes.

[OutToLunch]

Windows built in search is ok for a single word in a file but I don't find it very good with phrases. Also, I seem to recall it not searching some files properly even if you specified it in the search.

 

If you want to do it on the command line, have a look at the FINDSTR command in Windows - a lot more powerful than the old DOS FIND command.

 

If you want a decent GUI based app for searching, have a look at Agent Ransack. Perfect for this kind of job.

 

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[iSteve]

Thanks!

 

I know this is a basic question - will it search inside compressed/zip files?