Received from: Daniel Ross At: 9:17 pm (GMT) on Mon, Mar 24, 2003 >Opps! I found that somehow I had changed a condition on a filter. It was >my fault. The window comes up because I had somehow changed an "Action" >in a filter to "execute script" and the script was "delete immediately." >Sorry.
This raises a point of general safety; If you have a filter set to run an applescript and then that applescript is then removed from the scripts folder (perhaps because it was a 3rd party one) then the filter, not finding the script it is looking for, will default to the first applescript in the list, sorted alphanumerically. Unfortunately, under a basic installation, this is Delete Message Immediately, and so it is possible that by removing one applescript from your setup, one or more filters could get changed to delete mail irrevocably, without you necessarily being aware of it. This is obviously not ideal, and the best option to prevent it is to simply rename the "Delete..." script so that it is no longer first in the list. (I renamed mine to be "X-Delete message immediately"). Under a standard installation, the first script in the list will then be "Delete v-card attachments", which is much less dangerous should it accidentally get selected as described above. Cheers Rick ----------- G4/500 MHz (DP) :: OS 10.2.4 :: PM 4.1.2 :: 3 pane mode :: 768 MB RAM <www.sharkattack.co.uk>
