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<p>Shrjchk: </p> <hr /> <div>{{FormatInfo<br /> |formattype=electronic<br /> |subcat=Web<br /> |subcat2=Web browser files<br /> |extensions={{ext|pfc}}<br /> }}<br /> <br /> ==Overview== <br /> The America Online ([[AOL]]) software stores email and web bookmarks (also known as &quot;favorites&quot;) in a file known as the PFC (Personal Filing Cabinet) format.<br /> The format is different between Mac and PC versions apparently. The extension is either .pfc or nothing- see [http://astroblahhh.com/software/tips/aol-pfc-files-and-how-to-convert-them-for-free.shtml#how-i-used-pfc-viewer-to-export-my-mail here] for some details on the extension.<br /> <br /> ==Tools==<br /> [http://www.freeviewer.org/pfc/ PFC-Viewer] tool that can view and export emails from Personal Filing Cabinets. Source code available here: [https://github.com/ernieyu/pfcviewer https://github.com/ernieyu/pfcviewer] or here: [http://home.roadrunner.com/~ernieyu/pfcviewer/pfcview-0.5-src.jar http://home.roadrunner.com/~ernieyu/pfcviewer/pfcview-0.5-src.jar]<br /> <br /> ==Additional info==<br /> [http://web.archive.org/web/20050420101922/http://members.aol.com/fvongordon/pfc/documentation.htm http://web.archive.org/web/20050420101922/http://members.aol.com/fvongordon/pfc/documentation.htm] This is the work that PFC Viewer was based on- there's some info about the format, and the program the person made, plus a text file of the file format details [http://web.archive.org/web/20050420101922/http://members.aol.com/fvongordon/pfc/PFC-Details.zip PFC-Details.zip download].<br /> <br /> [http://xi6.com/hacks/aolmacfc.html Mac PFC info]<br /> <br /> [[Category:E-Mail, newsgroups, and forums]]<br /> [[Category:AOL]]</div>

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