On or near 10/4/03 6:28 PM, Bill Shack at [EMAIL PROTECTED] observed: > Idata's simple text format makes it rather simple to automate archiving > through simple Applescripts. Rather than use the built-in Mbox format, I > just constructed a field-based data form that contained everything I wanted > to know about a message, and then wrote a simple AS that takes a message and > constructs a text item corresponding to the form and appends it to the iData > data file (the record separator for iData files is just ASCII character > "06"). The last rule in processing my messages archives every incoming > message which hasn't been shunted off to a special folder and has a sender > in my address book. Similarly every message I send is automatically > archived. I have an script in the script menu to archive selected messages > that are not automatically archived by rule. The "Message status" icon > indicates whether or not a message has been archived. > > The archiving is very quick even when it is done manually. For 30,000 > messages a FM solution is probably better, but I just set up a new iData > file every 6-12 months to keep files manageable and searches quick. HogBay > looks quite interesting if the upcoming 3.0 version will let you append > records individually by Applescript.
Bill, I looked back, and I think you sent me your set of scripts for iData several weeks or months ago. Date on the files is 2/24! I forgot I had them. I really just started looking at iData. Have you updated or improved on the scripts since then? If so, please send me copies; I'd like to adapt them for my own use. -- Microsoft MVP for Entourage/OE/Word (MVPs are volunteers) Allen Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Entourage FAQ site: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/> AppleScripts for Outlook Express and Entourage: <http://members.thinkaccess.net/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/Scripts/> Entourage Help Pages: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/> -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
