Re: Zip Compression

From PM's point of view, the zip battle may be a moot point. The battle to be the 'standard' Zip will presumably force Aladdin to pick one format or the other for integration into Stuffit. Since PowerMail simply leverages the Stuffit engine for it's compression abilities, it follows that Aladdin's

Re: Where did the intray contents go?

Steven; what has probably happened is that the new version of PM has simply not auto-located your PowerMail Files folder -- the one containing all 'your' mail database files, eg. Address Database, Message Database, Attachments folder, etc. -- and has created a new one which is, of course, empty.

Re: off topic but...

Original message: Received from Greg Saylor on 25/6/03 at 1:34 am >I wouldn't worry to much about bugs in this CPU... It is also used in >many of IBMs high-end UNIX systems - where bugs are simply >intolerable IBM has an outstanding reputation in this regard and so >does Apple really... > >

Re: Safari rendering?

Original message: Received from Chris Walker on 24/6/03 at 5:24 pm >Fair enough if the Safari engine gives better HTML rendering, but please >let there be an option to switch off HTML and leave PM just like it is >now. Most of the spam I receive is HTML and I just filter it to the >trash unless

Re: off topic but...

Original message: Received from Jefferis Peterson on 24/6/03 at 12:38 pm >Just an simple observation. I moved from a G3 266 to a G4 500 and noticed a >bump in improvement but nothing outrageous. I wouldn't even consider a G4 >1400 upgrade unless I was heavy into video work and 3D rendering or >co

off topic but...

For all the graphic/audio/video professionals on this list... How about those G5s then? Rick (I know, I know, there are proper forums for this kind of thing. But I never visit them and I read this list every day). ;-)

Re: printing question

Original message: Received from Barbara Needham on 23/6/03 at 3:04 am >One problem that occasionally pops up is that the page numbering changes >and somehow or other the printer things the pages are out of range... >this doesn't sound like what your problem is, but it is the only one I've >seen.

Re: using PM with iCal

Original message: Received from Marlyse Comte on 22/6/03 at 3:19 pm > I've been working outside most of my > weekends on a playhouse for my daughter. (if > you care to see the building: > ) Wayne you is da bad-ass playhouse builder! Excellent! Ric

Re: using PM with iCal

Original message: Received from Marlyse Comte on 21/6/03 at 12:26 am >But I know too >little myself about AppleScript to have iCal automatically use PowerMail >when sending out a notification for upcoming events, and I can not just >replace the scripts in the iCal folder with Wayne's script as th

Re: A lot of work

Original message: Received from Chris Walker on 21/6/03 at 8:19 am >>Oh, just a thought though: do you know that there is that little icon >>near the top left of any message being composed (as opposed to a received >>one) that displays a list of all your text clippings, ready for >>selection? If

Re: A lot of work

Original message: Received from cheshirekat on 20/6/03 at 7:38 am >When I was using Emailer, I had created several AppleScripts that >inserted text wherever the insertion point was in the body of the >partially composed outgoing message. In my attempts to do so with >PowerMail, I could only repla

Re: Filter Problems

Original message: Received from Chris Walker on 14/6/03 at 9:52 am >Another problem, this time with filters. Correct me if I'm wrong but on >incoming mail, filters are taken in turn. To me at least this means that >if the first filter says 'dump this in a particular folder (eg PMail >Discuss),

Re: attachment encoding

Original message: Received from Ben Kennedy on 13/6/03 at 4:40 pm >Why not post the file to a web server? Not only will that be more >efficient on the infrastructure (assuming it's more than a meg or >something in size), but avoid the virus issue. That's a very good suggestion. I'm obviously ra

Re: attachment encoding

Original message: Received from Marlyse Comte on 13/6/03 at 2:29 pm >don't send just an .exe - many email programs might think this could be >spam. make a .zip out of it (drop zip) and then send it base64 - that >should work. Thanks Marlyse; Well, I'm trying to avoid the recipient having to pos

attachment encoding

Hi there; I just tried to send a self extracting stuffit archive for windows, and figured that since it was effectively a windows file (it has an .exe suffix) and was going to a windows user I should use Base64 encoding. PM threw up a warning saying that it had reverted the encoding choice to Sma

Interface (was: Wanting to switch to powermail...)

Original message: Received from Scott Haneda on 11/6/03 at 6:05 am >Menus at the top, they are allowed above the screen, and no other app I have >seen in OS X does this, I liked it in 9, but in PM, it just seems strange to >me now, I have kind of used it as a "snap" feature now to move stuff to t

Re: Latest releases unable to open Contents folder

Received from John Fields on 8/6/03 at 8:42 pm >Any reasons why the Contents folder will not open with 4.1.1, 4.1.2, and >4.1.3? I'm afraid that I can't duplicate the problem John; as you can see from my sig below I'm using the latest version of PM and I can open the package contents without any

Re: Stuffit problem

Received from Mikael Byström on 7/6/03 at 9:44 pm > Also Pat, while you're at it you might as well boot from your OS X >install CD, start Disk utility and repair permissions. I have had >stranger problems disappear with that. Another option for general maintenance (slightly OT I know) is to grab

Re: Upgrades and the value of time

Received from Michael Lewis on 7/6/03 at 2:35 pm >I've forgotten the particular program people >use here to go into the POP account and manipulate it directly, killing >corrupt email once and for all It's called MailSyphon, and it can be found at . Rick --- G4

Re: New Mail

Received from H.R. Riggs on 3/6/03 at 8:59 pm >1. Exclude mail from a specific source from showing up in the Recent Mail >window? Use: I subscribe to a high volume list. Currently that mail is >directed to a specific folder. I would prefer that this mail not be in >the Recent Mail window, as it i

Re: Powermail 4.1.3 (Was: Powermail 4.1.2)

Received from Zach Selland on 27/5/03 at 6:07 pm >Absolutely possible. I think that's what the real fix was. Of course, I >can't *accurately* comment on the speed difference, as it's been so long >since the search actually worked for me in the first place. It just >*seems* fast :-) Searching sur

Re: Powermail 4.1.3 (Was: Powermail 4.1.2)

Received from Max Gossell on 26/5/03 at 8:02 pm >I through away the index folder, run "Rebuild Indexes..." and tried a >search for "Hog Bay" -- a new correspondance I've had with Hog Bay >Software. So I know for sure I've exactly 11 messages back and forth >containing Hog Bay. > >Search result fo

Re: Missing HotKey !? (Was: Toolbar [request?])

Received from Ben Kennedy on 26/5/03 at 5:10 pm >I used to use Default Folder under 9 (several years ago now); it was >great. Maybe I will try out the OS X version. It bothers me though that >such third-party extensions are required to make a system usable; then >when I go to do something on so

Re(2): Powermail 4.1.2

Should this thread's subject be changed to Powermail 4.1.3 now? Rick --- G4/500 MHz (DP) :: OS 10.2.6 :: PM 4.1.3 :: 3 pane mode :: 768 MB RAM

Re: Bug in "View Only..."! Need quick fix

Received from Max Gossell on 23/5/03 at 1:06 pm >A search/filtering tool you can't trust is a tool you can't use at all. >And you are back to your own memory or manual looking through zillions of >mails. I agree entirely. The main search function of PM is a very good case in point. I almost neve

Re: moving file to trash -- glitch?

Received from Wayne Brissette on 22/5/03 at 8:10 pm >There continue to be some issues in Mac OS X when it comes to updating >the current view of things. This could very well be one of them. If you >select the trash icon in the doc, I'm going to bet it gets updated and >looks "full" at this point.

Re: Longshot (?) request (default sender)

Received from Max Gossell on 23/5/03 at 9:37 am >I guess this is just a dream, but wouldn't it be very nice to be able to >assign a 'from' address to a specific 'to' address? > >One's emailing would be so much smoother without i.e. those list bounces >because you get because you forgot to change

moving file to trash -- glitch?

I just noticed something odd; I have a filter set up so that, whenever I receive a particular newsletter, the image attachments that always come with it get stripped off and moved to the finder trash. However, when this happens, the trash icon in the dock (yup, I'm on OSX, 10.2.6) doesn't update a

Re: Trash Problems

Received from harryo on 8/5/03 at 1:03 am >I tried to compact the database but I get this error message. > >An Error Occured while opening users files >File error 100 () in 4 (deleteting file0 >Low Level error -47. In my experience, any error report that includes the words "Low Level error" sh

Re: PMKey back up

Received from PowerMail Engineering on 7/5/03 at 10:59 am >The PMKeys in your preference folder are backups created by PowerMail (in >case you upgrade PowerMail and delete the PMKey in the application >folder). If you have multiple PMKeys in the preference folder, you can >delete them, and a sing

all-in-one feature suggestion

Hi there; I was reading through the thread about archiving/backing up of PM databases, and it got me thinking (chug chug chug...). The easiest ay to archive off an database is, it seems to me, to simply start a new user environment (or to start with a duplicate of the existing database if one wis

Re: script syntax to keep a message from appearing in "Recent Mail"?

Received from Bob Parks on 30/4/03 at 3:43 pm >I am using SpamSieve to deal with all my incoming spam. The program is by >far the best I have tried, with no significant false positives, so I >would like to modify its AppleScripts so that when it files a message in >the spam folder, it also remove

Re(3): Time to delete old messages

Received from: George Henne At: 12:20 pm (GMT) on Fri, Apr 4, 2003 >I like to keep my old messages around for 90 days. That means 15,000 >messages or so in the Trash. George; Would it not make more sense to create a new folder for storing these emails for 90 days rather than having them sitting

Re(2): Time to delete old messages

Received from: George Henne At: 10:56 am (GMT) on Fri, Apr 4, 2003 >So we're back to the original question. What is a practical way delete >old messages? Okay, here's my take on this: If you only want to delete *some* of your mail trash messages (ie. those over a certain date) you need to move t

Re: database glitch

Received from: Zach Selland At: 7:19 pm (GMT) on Wed, Apr 2, 2003 >Just a thought, did you try either of the "preference reset" options at >the bottom of the Powermail First Aid window? Zach, that was an inspired suggestion. For some reason, checking the first of those buttons (Reset window-rela

Re: database glitch

Received from: Karel Gillissen At: 2:02 am (GMT) on Wed, Apr 2, 2003 >Hi Rick > >Are you sure that you have the 'View All' command selected? (Menus -> >View -> View All) >That happened to me once; for some reason it 'automagically' changed to >'View Unread', while some unread messages didn't sho

Re: database glitch

Received from: Tim Lapin At: 7:20 pm (GMT) on Tue, Apr 1, 2003 >Hi Rick, > >You don't mention if you've tried something even more basic, marking all >as read: >select the folder (or all of its contents) >control-click (or right-click if you've a two button mouse) >select "Mark as Read

database glitch

Yesterday I got a corrupted message in my pop account that PM couldn't download properly; it received enough to trigger a filter (specifically: a filter-based alert sound) but would give an error before completion, with the result that the mail never appeared in the Recent Mail Window and was not

Re: Open in Address Book...

Received from: Ben Kennedy At: 12:09 am (GMT) on Mon, Mar 31, 2003 >(unfortunately, now my AAB contains hundreds of users in duplicate. Oh >well, I'll deal with that later.) Just one of the reasons why I only synchronise in one direction (AAB to PM) and make sure that I only amend the source (A

Re: Open in Address Book...

Received from: Ben Kennedy At: 10:18 pm (GMT) on Mon, Mar 31, 2003 >Little bug I found today (PM 4.1.2 OS 10.2.4): > >Open the address book and right-click on a contact. Both "Open Item" and >"Open Contact in Apple Address Book" open the contact locally in PM. >Nothing seems to open the Apple a

Re: Autofill not completing names properly

Received from: Jaede Miloslavich At: 2:31 am (GMT) on Wed, Mar 26, 2003 >In using the autofill function of my PowerMail address book, if I have >multiples of the same first name, for example, Jim, as soon as I space to >type the last name the address book no longer shows me any of the Jims >there

Re: "Can't create new Mail Browser" error

Received from: Stuart Moore At: 8:16 pm (GMT) on Wed, Mar 26, 2003 >Now PowerMail >won't start up with the error: > >Can't create new Mail Browser >MAS error 1 (MAS feature error) in 100() >Low Level error 0 > >I had the same problem before > > > >But - I can't remember how I fixed it. Any

Re(2): (desperately) needing tech help

Received from: Leonard Morgenstern At: 4:16 am (GMT) on Mon, Mar 24, 2003 >Have you tried Norton SystemWorks or a similar utility package? Remember, >normally when you "erase" a file, it's not really erased. Instead, the >disk sectors that it occupied are flagged as available for new files. If >y

Re(2): Strange Windows

Received from: Wayne Brissette At: 4:31 pm (GMT) on Mon, Mar 24, 2003 >I will reiterate my concern with people placing scripts inside the >PowerMail package in Mac OS X. If people put scripts inside (/User// >Mail/PowerMail Files 4/PowerMail Scripts/) instead of the PowerMail >package, then t

Re(2): Strange Windows

Received from: Wayne Brissette At: 4:31 pm (GMT) on Mon, Mar 24, 2003 >I will reiterate my concern with people placing scripts inside the >PowerMail package in Mac OS X. If people put scripts inside (/User// >Mail/PowerMail Files 4/PowerMail Scripts/) instead of the PowerMail >package, then t

Re(2): Strange Windows

Received from: Leonard Morgenstern At: 4:02 pm (GMT) on Mon, Mar 24, 2003 >It would be even better if a script could send you a warning message. To >accomplish this, write a script with only one line, as follows: > > display dialog "One of your mail filters has requested a script that >does not

Re: Strange Windows

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. T

Re: Attachments Restricted to One Folder

Received from: Bob Seaner At: 8:20 pm (GMT) on Tue, Mar 18, 2003 >If I move my users over to PowerMail, it will take no time >at all for them to have attachments numbering in the thousands. And >since filed messages are an ever increasing quantity, (for all practical >purposes, I don't live in a

feature idea

I know, I know, everybody and his dog has a feature request. Well, here's mine: you know that bit in the General section of preferences where it gives you options to be carried out upon Quitting PowerMail? (Filing read messages and/or emptying the mail trash). well, it would be really nice if ther

Re: Newbie . Extensions?

Received from: Jerry M. Keller At: 7:16 pm (GMT) on Fri, Mar 14, 2003 >I am still new to PM, and am wondering about 2 extensions that came with >the OS-9xx version. They are named: PowerMail2 MigrationLib and >RebuildCTreeIdx Classic. Should these be in the extensions folder, or are >they unneces

Re(2): Backing up

Received from: Max Gossell At: 7:33 am (GMT) on Tue, Mar 11, 2003 >Yes, so I've understood. But you're a bit more scrupulous than me, and >you seem to know far more about tech stuff. I just wanted a confirmation >that's the folder to backup. When talking about a file that is some 30 >times smalle

Re: Feataure Request: Filtering in Recent Mail

Received from: Barbara Needham At: 4:40 am (GMT) on Sun, Mar 2, 2003 >>I am very happy using SpamSieve to filter out my SPAM. For me, it's >>nearly 99% accurate. >> >>One frustration I have is that ALL the filtered SPAM still ends up in the >>PowerMail Recent Mail window along with my good messag

Re: Spam & Good Scripts in SpamSieve

Received from: John Hay At: 3:30 pm (GMT) on Mon, Feb 24, 2003 > > >Does anyone know if there's an easy way, or any way, to add some kind of >a tool button or a shortcut somehow which would require only _one_ mouse >click in order to invoke the SpamSieve Scripts in the Scripts drop-down >menu of

Re: Tagging attachments

Received from: Wayne Brissette At: 2:59 pm (GMT) on Fri, Feb 21, 2003 >Rick: > >I have modified the script to add a true false statement on whether an >attachment exists in the message. If there isn't an attachment, the >script doesn't try to process the attachment. You will still get the >error

Tagging attachments

Morning all; After spending quite some time last night trying to remember from whom a certain attachment had come from (in case it was a spammy virus) I decided to prevent the problem in the future by using the Tag Attachments script on the PM script page, which puts info about the sender into th

Re: Another type of wishlist

Received from: Tom Gally At: 9:41 pm (GMT) on Thu, Feb 13, 2003 >This sounds to me like an argument for a Cocoa version of PowerMail. Especially since the OS9 and OSX versions are separate apps anyway. Rick --- G4/500 MHz (DP) :: OS 10.2.3 :: PM 4.1.2 :: 3 pane mode :: 768 MB RA

Re: Looking for a home...

Received from: Wayne Brissette At: 3:44 am (GMT) on Mon, Feb 10, 2003 >Well, as many of you may have noticed, my time has gotten to be something >that is in very short supply. As a result the AppleScript pages haven't >been updated in a while. I would like to see if anybody would be willing >to h

Addresses from Apple AB

I've got my PM address book synched so that it takes its orders from the Apple AB (and not the other way around). This arrangement works fine, except for one thing: Many of my entries in the Apple AB are displayed by company name, I would really like these to show up in the PM address book the sam

Re: Address Book name order

Received from: Frank Mitchell At: 10:43 pm (GMT) on Mon, Feb 10, 2003 >When I click on the name column in my PM Address Book it lists the >addresses in alphabetical order by first names. It would be more >convenient of they were in surname order. Surnames have their own field >in the address wind

Re: "view full headers" shortcut failing again

Received from: Ben Kennedy At: 5:52 pm (GMT) on Wed, Feb 5, 2003 >So since I've updated to 4.1.2, I've noticed that option-clicking on a >message in the list no longer displays the full header info. I need to >go up to the menu and expressly turn on the option (which then affects >all messages v

Re(2): [4.1.2] command+M for send to dock?

Received from: jo At: 9:31 am (GMT) on Wed, Feb 5, 2003 >Are you saying WindowShadeX is >dangerous? Or is the insane ape something else? Most insane apes are fine provided you take steps not to anger them. The primary steps that you should take should be to prevent placing them in situations whe

Re: Mail Auto Launch

Received from: Wayne Brissette At: 2:06 pm (GMT) on Thu, Jan 30, 2003 >>Are you using iCal to send email reminders? I think it only looks to >>Mail.app for help! > >Unless you use the modified scripts I created. Wayne; I tried those scripts, and iCal launched PM right enough but the email neve

Re: attachment folder

Received from: Norman Kronenberg At: 2:25 pm (GMT) on Mon, Feb 3, 2003 >If so, do I have to leave a file named attachments there? Bear in mind also that you can specify what folder PM uses for attachments; if you'd prefer it to place all attachments on the desktop, or in a folder called "Blue Abs

Re: Upset doesn't begin to describe...

Greg; Sorry to hear about your problems. Try not to be too hard on CTM though; they are a VERY small company and although they can sometimes be a little slow to respond to technical issues like yours they do normally come through in the end; I guess that geting 4.1.2 out the door was keeping them

Re: scrips doubles

Received from: Marlyse Comte At: 5:16 pm (GMT) on Thu, Jan 30, 2003 >Why would you 'urge me' to leave the scripts in the content folder? >Because there are scripts I really never use and they clutter the script >pulldown plus they do not sort with the other scripts (so I have an a-z >first sort o

address synch issues

I've finally got around to putting all my addresses from various applications, notebooks, filofaxes and scraps of paper into the OSX Address Book app so that it can dole them out to other apps as a central repository of contact information. I synchronised it with PM's address book (hereafter refer

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