Howdy all! Maybe this information will help someone else who finds themselves in a similar situation.
Usually, I do not care at all for HTML. I'd rather not have it. But, there are times when an important correspondent provides no other option. Periodically, but rarely, I receive HTML email that I would like to save; they would be more practical and appropriate as a PDF document, but instead are sent as HTML. I don't understand why PowerMail handles some HTML messages as separate documents (attachments) while others appear to be absorbed by PM. I have a message I received today that PM can display in my browser, but I can not locate it on my hard drive anywhere in my PowerMail Files or Preferences and the other usual suspects. I want to delete the email message, but I must keep the HTML document in a separate location. The formatting is such that copy and paste from the browser would be a nightmare. But I don't dare delete the email message in PowerMail without knowing where the HTML document part is. PowerMail has taken a "Hands- Off!" stance with *my* HTML information and I was determined to circumvent it. First, I dragged the URL field from Safari to the Desktop. On the desktop was a file that was named like this: "My Important HTML Title.fileloc" So, this told me that there was an actual _file_ created - or so I assumed was the reason this folder would need to be cleaned up at startup. (Sorry, I don't know OS X well - I make a lot of guesses.) In the URL field, Safari shows the URL as: <file:///tmp/501/Cleanup%20At%20Startup/PowerMail%20HTML%20message.html> So, with this additional knowledge, I confirmed there was a retrievable file and that PowerMail didn't just send the data directly to Safari. Whether by Safari or PowerMail, there seemed to be a physical trail I could follow, because one or the other created a file - or this was the original file. As I had not previously seen folders named "tmp" and "Cleanup At Startup" recently, I assumed they were probably invisible folders. Maybe "501" was a hint that the folder belonged to PowerMail version 5.01. I don't know enough Terminal or UNIX commands to muck about with unless I'm following a tutorial, so finding this HTML document would only be dangerous for me using the Terminal. But, I decided to use the Search command in the Finder for: File name contains "Cleanup" Kind is "Folder" Visibility is "All" Lo, and behold, it worked! I double-clicked the containing folder which opened it in spite of its invisible state, then sequestered the file to a safe and visible folder location. There's a moral to this story I'm sure, but I ran into the same situation a few months ago but didn't follow through with finding my document. This time I was more motivated because I have a few control issues with stuff that I feel is mine, and the information in this particular document was not something I was happy about losing. I put forth a lot of effort to organize my computer stuff and I do not consider the PowerMail environment to be a secure one. Therefore, I like to get all traces of sensitive information to a safer place. Otherwise, my other HTML documents, though few, I let PM maintain for a while. I would write an AppleScript to open this tmp folder should this situation arise in the future - but is the location something I could count on? If it is something that one could count on, it would be nice if PM provided a more direct means of getting it, even with AppleScript being that means. cheshirekat
