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to open .dat file

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er_gurpreet Original post #1
Jan 30, 2006 at 8:27 PM
Dear all

I am unable to view the archive files of yahoo messenger as they are in .dat format. How can i read the content?

Pls help

thanks

gsr
Vishal Gupta
Jan 30, 2006 at 8:44 PM
It can help u:

Yahoo Message Archive Decoder 3.3
M
Jan 30, 2006 at 11:06 PM
Can't they be opened with yahoo messenger itself? AFAICR, it is possible to see them using yahoo messenger itself.
alib_i
alib_i #4
Jan 31, 2006 at 9:07 AM
Yahoo message archive decoder (suggested by Vishal) works pretty well
Just that it doesnt show email addresses and phone no.
it shows the rest of conversation.

Lesson: never share you "C:\" drive over network .. ppl might get hold of your yahoo archive and drool over your personal matters. I've seen it happen
(or disable archiving .. whatever)

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alibi