powermail-discuss Digest #2773 - Saturday, January 19, 2008 Re: Deleting filter doesn't work by "MB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Re: Deleting filter doesn't work by "MB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Re: Deleting filter doesn't work by "Rene Merz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Re: Deleting filter doesn't work by "Rene Merz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Re: Deleting filter doesn't work by "MB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Re: Deleting filter doesn't work by "Rene Merz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: Deleting filter doesn't work From: "MB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 21:39:11 +0100 Rene Merz said: >I've two deleting filters: one for the directory Spam, the other for the >directory Trash. Unless you also give us the names of the actual scripts, download links even better, it's hard to help you on this problem. I have "Delete Aged Messages v1.2". This is one of them? Mikael Technoids: PM 5.6.1 build 4499 sv / SpamSieve 2.6.5 sv | OS X 10.4.8 | Powerbook G4/400 | 1GB / 80GB ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: Deleting filter doesn't work From: "MB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 18 Jan 2008 22:03:17 +0100 Earlier >>I've two deleting filters: one for the directory Spam, the other for the >>directory Trash. > > >Unless you also give us the names of the actual scripts, download links >even better, it's hard to help you on this problem. > > >I have "Delete Aged Messages v1.2". This is one of them? I was assuming here you used a script for evaluation. But I see now you write "filter". This means you set up only a filter doing this? How has it been set up? Can you describe all the steps? How is it triggered? I did a quick test with a selection of 7 messages and this filter: Folder is [MyFolder] Date is older than [20] days Move messages to [Trash] and it worked nicely with manual trigger on the _selection_ of messages. Without a selection however, it didn't work. Could this be part of your problem? A filter has to work on something and that something is naturally a part of the trigger. Mikael Technoids: PM 5.6.1 build 4499 sv / SpamSieve 2.6.5 sv | OS X 10.4.8 | Powerbook G4/400 | 1GB / 80GB ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: Deleting filter doesn't work From: "Rene Merz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2008 12:00:11 +0100 MB wrote: >>>I've two deleting filters: one for the directory Spam, the other for the >>>directory Trash. >> >> >>Unless you also give us the names of the actual scripts, download links >>even better, it's hard to help you on this problem. >> >> >>I have "Delete Aged Messages v1.2". This is one of them? It's just the PowerMail Apple Script "Delete Message Immediatly". It is to find here: mac/program/PowerMail(programpack)/Contents/MacOS/PowerMail Additions/ PowerMail Scripts/Apply to selected messages/Delete Message Immediately.scpt >I was assuming here you used a script for evaluation. But I see now you >write "filter". This means you set up only a filter doing this? >How has it been set up? Can you describe all the steps? How is it triggered? > >I did a quick test with a selection of 7 messages and this filter: > >Folder is [MyFolder] >Date is older than [20] days > >Move messages to [Trash] This is my filter: Folder is [Spam] (resepectively [Trash] in the other filter) Date is older than [60] days Execute Apple Script [Delete Message Immediately] > > >and it worked nicely with manual trigger on the _selection_ of messages. >Without a selection however, it didn't work. Could this be part of your >problem? A filter has to work on something and that something is >naturally a part of the trigger. Oh, I have to select them _manually_? (Which I do most of time!) What for I need then a filter? Is PM not able to check and execute such a deleting filter during the starprocess of the program? (But: some few times it did-it!) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: Deleting filter doesn't work From: "Rene Merz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2008 12:13:50 +0100 Suppelement (at the end): >MB wrote: > >>>>I've two deleting filters: one for the directory Spam, the other for the >>>>directory Trash. >>> >>> >>>Unless you also give us the names of the actual scripts, download links >>>even better, it's hard to help you on this problem. >>> >>> >>>I have "Delete Aged Messages v1.2". This is one of them? > >It's just the PowerMail Apple Script "Delete Message Immediatly". > >It is to find here: >mac/program/PowerMail(programpack)/Contents/MacOS/PowerMail Additions/ >PowerMail Scripts/Apply to selected messages/Delete Message Immediately.scpt > >>I was assuming here you used a script for evaluation. But I see now you >>write "filter". This means you set up only a filter doing this? >>How has it been set up? Can you describe all the steps? How is it triggered? >> >>I did a quick test with a selection of 7 messages and this filter: >> >>Folder is [MyFolder] >>Date is older than [20] days >> >>Move messages to [Trash] > >This is my filter: > >Folder is [Spam] (resepectively [Trash] in the other filter) >Date is older than [60] days > >Execute Apple Script [Delete Message Immediately] >> >> >>and it worked nicely with manual trigger on the _selection_ of messages. >>Without a selection however, it didn't work. Could this be part of your >>problem? A filter has to work on something and that something is >>naturally a part of the trigger. > >Oh, I have to select them _manually_? (Which I do most of time!) What >for I need then a filter? >Is PM not able to check and execute such a deleting filter during the >starprocess of the program? (But: some few times it did-it!) > Correction: When it did-it well, then not during the startprocess of PM but with after starting the mailserver connection procedure. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: Deleting filter doesn't work From: "MB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2008 12:50:23 +0100 Rene Merz: >When it did-it well, then not during the startprocess of PM but with >after starting the mailserver connection procedure. I think what you want is a script that is regularly initiated by Cron (set by the app Cronnix for example) or similar and that checks the content of specific folders, one at a time, and set the folder contents as the selection for processing. The filters are mainly there for incoming messages, that by nature are new not old and for manual selection and processing. It's also possible that a script could startup a filter for processing, but I have had difficulties myself giving the filter a set of messages as a selection. So I'd rather do it in the script alone. Anyone know a way on how to feed a filter a set of messages as a selection at will? Mikael Technoids: PM 5.6.1 build 4499 sv / SpamSieve 2.6.5 sv | OS X 10.4.8 | Powerbook G4/400 | 1GB / 80GB ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Subject: Re: Deleting filter doesn't work From: "Rene Merz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sat, 19 Jan 2008 13:14:02 +0100 MB wrote: >>When it did-it well, then not during the startprocess of PM but with >>after starting the mailserver connection procedure. > > >I think what you want is a script that is regularly initiated by Cron >(set by the app Cronnix for example) or similar and that checks the >content of specific folders, one at a time, and set the folder contents >as the selection for processing. > >The filters are mainly there for incoming messages, Not all of this filters. Because it would not make any sense to have filter-tools which can do an action (put to trash folder f.i.) after an amount of days. Incoming messages do not have any amount of days - they are all of one day only. >that by nature are >new not old and for manual selection and processing. It's also possible >that a script could startup a filter for processing, but I have had >difficulties myself giving the filter a set of messages as a selection. >So I'd rather do it in the script alone. > >Anyone know a way on how to feed a filter a set of messages as a >selection at will? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- End of powermail-discuss Digest