Compare contents of two folders

[js8765]

Hi there,

I was copying roughly 5000 emails from one folder to another. For some strange reason about 50 emails did not copy and unfortunately, these mails are not clustered together.

I was wondering if there is any way to compare the contents of two folders and find which emails are missing from the smaller folder. Otherwise I suppose will just have to delete all the mails in the smaller folder and start the copy process again.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions!!

[DanRaisch]

You could dump the list of messages in each folder to a text file using this extension -- https://nic-nac-project.org/~kaosmos/mboximport-en.html
Then there are freeware file comparison utilities that would identify the differences between the two files. Just for one -
http://www.componentsoftware.com/Produc ... lights.htm

[js8765]

Thanks Dan,

I was looking for something like that. Great

[Rod Whiteley]

You do not need any extension. Each folder is already a text file. To find a folder file, get a context menu for the folder (for example, by right-clicking it), choose Copy Folder Location, and paste the location somewhere you can read it.

[DanRaisch]

Both solutions will work. Using the extension simply eliminates all the header data making the comparison a bit simpler.

[KIA]

i know it's more than a decade old post but was relevant to me in 2019

came across this post looking for a solution but posted my solution here

http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic ... #p14843866 hope it helps.

[LIMPET235]

Please don't bump these very old threads.

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