Old email file

I have an old RTF file with a continuous list of hundreds of email messages, exported from my old Performa probably 15 years ago. I'd like to get them back into Mail or Outlook or something so they can be searched by date/sender etc. Below is a sample of what it looks like- the old MIME formatted headers. Since they're not individual message files or in some sort of mbox container I haven't found an import/conversion solution. Any help would be great... (I blanked out the details below)
From - Sat Apr 4 11:40:05 YYYY
Return-Path: <xxx@email>
Received: via …
Return-Path: …
Received: …
Received: …
Received: …
Date: …
From: …
X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.01C-MOENE (Macintosh; U; PPC)
MIME-Version: 1.0
To: …
Subject: …
X-Priority: 3 (Normal)
Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="------------
2AC3D531732883D89BDCE860"
Status:
X-Mozilla-Status: 0001
Content-Length: 7907

Hi blouieee,
Welcome to the Best Buy forum.
Is it possible to merge your My Best Buy™ accounts? If they share the same information, then the answer is YES! I am going to need some additional information from before I can actually consider a merge, so please send me a private message with the below information and I will see what I can do to help. You can send a private message by clicking on the blue button in my signature labeled "Private Message."
Name
Phone #
Mailing address
Email address (old and current)
My Best Buy™ ID #s
Merging My Best Buy™ Accounts
Thank you for posting and for being a My Best Buy™ member.
Derek|Social Media Specialist | Best Buy® Corporate
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