Once you show hidden files and get to
C:\Users\YourName\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows Mail\Local Folders\Inbox
You can add columns to the Explorer window. Add the following columns (right click any existing column, date, size, or type... and select more... at the bottom of the menu list
then place a checkmark in the following fields:
Date received
Sender name
Sender address
Subject
Hit the OK button
Maximize the explorer window
then Right click on any column heading and click
Size all columns to fit
If you sort by Sender it might be easier to locate the msg causing the crash
The open the file in Notepad and replace
all occurances of your personal information (Name, email address) with dummy values.
Don't delete the line, that might cause testing problems.
for eaxmple,
replace your name
Slarty Bart with Some Guy
replace your eMail address
Bill798xyzzy(a)RealServName.com with FakeAddr(a)FakeXYZserv.zzz
Right click on the file and open with -> Notepad
click the "Other Programs" chevron
untick "Always use the selected program to open this kind of file" in the lower left
:ar: you don't want to associate .eml files with Notepad,
you just want to open the file outside of WinMail
Save as... to your Desktop
WinMailCrash.eml
The content will look odd, but it is readable. Here's an example
Code:
Subject: climate change
Date: Wed, 20 Mar 2013 18:38:00 -0400
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/alternative;
boundary="----=_NextPart_000_0009_01CE259A.0C5E48E0"
X-Priority: 3
X-MSMail-Priority: Normal
Importance: Normal
X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V16.4.3505.912
This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
------=_NextPart_000_0009_01CE259A.0C5E48E0
Content-Type: text/plain;
charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Two Reasons Climate Change Is Not Like Other Environmental Problems
------=_NextPart_000_0009_01CE259A.0C5E48E0
Content-Type: text/html;
charset="iso-8859-1"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
<HTML><HEAD></HEAD>
<BODY dir=3Dltr>
<DIV dir=3Dltr>
<DIV style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial'; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">
<DIV><A title=3Dhttp://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/03/20-2=20
href=3D"http://www.commondreams.org/view/2013/03/20-2"=
reams.org/view/2013/03/20-2</A></DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>
------=_NextPart_000_0009_01CE259A.0C5E48E0--
After you "wash" the file of any personal information, send it over to endeavor.-
