How to printout ICQ "History" file for a user into a text file? I was
trying to do "Copy and Paste", but it seems that the program doesn't
let you select the whole text, instead it lets you select one message
only...

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Clarification of Question by dkulik-ga on 08 Jun 2004 05:22 PDT

I am using ICQ Lite.

You may need to be more specific about the version of ICQ you are using.

Discussion of the problem
http://web.icq.com/boards/view_messages/1,,,00.html?tid=4564&topic_id=464387

As you can see, getting the history out of ICQ using ICQ itself is
problematic.    I beleive this is due ICQ's encryption of your saved
messages.  What we can do instead, is use a third-party program to
decipher ICQ's data files.

ICQr Information v1.5
http://www.headstrong.de/software-icqrinfo.shtml
This free program reads ICQ data files.  Law enforcement finds it useful.
"You can export the gathered information into a multiplatform HTML
file and save the contact list to a textfile."

Another program to try is the Russian program ICQHR (ICQ History
Reader).  This is detected as malware by some software, as it is a
password cracker.  It is hacking software, and not to be entirely
trusted (disclaimer disclaimer).  This is decidedly "gray-area" stuff
which is probably used for nefarious purposes more often than not.
http://hitu.host.sk/icqhr.php


I would suggest doing these things on behalf of a user, rather than
letting them play with matches.


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export icq history
icqhr