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A licence-free version of the program that allows you to view old messages saved by the original program is available now for Windows, Mac & Linux:
What’s new in 5.0.6
Get back attachments PG Offline 4 didn’t save, from the group emails you kept.
Recover attachments from email
- Yahoo Groups emailed every message to its members, so an attachment missing from your archive may still be in an old mailbox. File → Recover Attachments from Email reads Outlook data files (.pst), mbox files (Thunderbird, Apple Mail, or a Gmail Takeout export) and folders of saved emails (.eml, .msg), finds the group’s messages, and puts the missing files back into your archive.
- It can also add messages your archive doesn’t have, for example ones posted after PG Offline 4’s download.
- Spam and phishing are skipped, and attached programs are never saved. The database is backed up first, and running it again won’t add anything twice.
One message at a time
- When a message’s attachments are missing, it now shows what to search your email for (the subject, who sent it, and when), with Copy subject and Add attachment… buttons. Add the file itself, or the saved email it’s in.
- If a picture or file the message links to isn’t in the archive folder, Find it on my PC… puts your copy back where the message expects it.
- Pictures pasted into an email now appear where they were pasted once recovered. Messages whose only missing attachments were pasted pictures say so.
What’s new in 5.0.5
Compared with the previous downloads (5.0.1 for Windows, 5.0.0 for Mac and Linux).
Opens more PG Offline 4 archives
- Archives upgraded by PG Offline 4 now open. Before, they failed with the error “no such column: discussion_group”. (Windows users got this fix in 5.0.1; Mac and Linux users get it now.)
Attachments are back
- Pictures appear inside the message, below the text. Click one to see it full size.
- MP4, MOV and WebM videos and MP3, WAV, OGG and M4A audio play right in the message.
- PDFs and text files open in the reading pane, with a “← Back to message” button.
- Word, Excel, PowerPoint, RAR and older video formats (WMV, AVI, MPG, FLV) open in your usual program. FLV videos usually need VLC.
- Attachments are found even if the archive folder has been moved, unzipped into an extra folder, or copied in a way that garbled accented or Turkish letters in file names.
- If PG Offline 4 never downloaded a message’s attachments, the message now says so, instead of showing an empty “Attachments :” box.
Easier to get around
- Goto #: type a message number in the toolbar and press Enter to jump straight to it (Ctrl+G puts the cursor in the box). If that number doesn’t exist, you go to the next message after it.
- Adjustable reading pane: drag the line between the message list and the message to resize them. Double-click it to reset. PG Offline remembers your setting.
- Recent folders: if a recent folder can’t be opened (moved, deleted, or on a drive that isn’t connected), PG Offline now tells you why and lets you remove it from the list.
Downloads
- The same app is now available for Windows, Mac (Apple Silicon and Intel) and Linux.
- The installers aren’t signed yet. Windows may show a SmartScreen warning: click More info → Run anyway.
- On a Mac, the first time, right-click the app and choose Open. On recent macOS you may need System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway.
Opening your archive: use Open Folder… and choose the folder that contains your .db3 file. Keep the attachment folders in the same place as the .db3 file.