Re(2): attachment encoding
Keep in mind that base64 and exe files don't work on a mac. Better to use .pdf files and post them to a web server somewhere. --- Bob Moody, owner Moody Associates Product Fundraising for schools, sports teams, daycares, church groups, scouts, and other community groups. Our main product is your profit! Our mission is to make it easy for you to reach your fundraising goals...over and over...year after year. 1986-2003 17 years of excellence! office: 540-885-3439 or 800-326-9192 (8-4 M-F) cell: 540-294-9791 toll-free to cell: 866-294-9791 www.fundraisingcentral.net www.bobmoody.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] text messaging to cell: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mail: 936 Frog Pond Road Staunton VA 24401-8346 fax 540-885-6670 or toll free 877-936-9192 Replying to message quoted at the bottom of this message. Fri, 13 Jun 2003 11:40:57 -0400 On 13 6 2003 at 9:44 am -0400, Rick Lecoat wrote: Well, I'm trying to avoid the recipient having to possess specific decompression software to open the files, hence the self extracting archive which, by necessity, is an application of sorts. But you're right, there's a good chance that their server will bounce it so maybe I should look at other options. Still, I'm curious to learn why Base64 is not suitable for .exe files, f anyone knows. 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. Anyway, my suspicion is that your .exe does have a resource fork locally. Maybe it's a zero-byte fork, or maybe it contains some benign information related to the app that last used it (e.g. in the manner that BBEdit stores window positioning, etc. in the rsrc fork of text files). -ben -- Ben Kennedy, chief magician zygoat creative technical services 613-228-3392 | 1-866-466-4628 http://www.zygoat.ca
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 possess specific decompression software to open the files, hence the self extracting archive which, by necessity, is an application of sorts. But you're right, there's a good chance that their server will bounce it so maybe I should look at other options. Still, I'm curious to learn why Base64 is not suitable for .exe files, f anyone knows. Rick --- G4/500 MHz (DP) :: OS X 10.2.6 :: 768 MB RAM PM 4.1.3 :: 3 pane mode www.sharkattack.co.uk
Re: attachment encoding
I agree about the not-exe: I routinely send files to and from home (home=Mac, office in Win). Exe files are not accepted by the system at all. Zip is fine, but I never had any problems by leaving the smart-option on. Mirko 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. ---marlyse -former message(s) quotes:- 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 Smart because Base 64 would corrupt the file. I appreciate the warning from PM but an confused by it; AFAIK windows files (even applications like this self extracting archive) don't have resource forks so why would Base64 be unsuitable? -- Mirko Kranenburg Maastricht, Netherlands e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] OS X 10.2.6, QuickSilver 733, 1Gb RAM Freeway Pro 3.5, NavPak, GraphPak PowerMail 4.1.3, 3 panes
Re: attachment encoding
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. ---marlyse -former message(s) quotes:- 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 Smart because Base 64 would corrupt the file. I appreciate the warning from PM but an confused by it; AFAIK windows files (even applications like this self extracting archive) don't have resource forks so why would Base64 be unsuitable?
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 Smart because Base 64 would corrupt the file. I appreciate the warning from PM but an confused by it; AFAIK windows files (even applications like this self extracting archive) don't have resource forks so why would Base64 be unsuitable? I've not sent the file yet, I thought I'd see if I could get a quick response from the list to set my mind at ease before I send it on its way. Cheers as always; Rick --- G4/500 MHz (DP) :: OS X 10.2.6 :: 768 MB RAM PM 4.1.3 :: 3 pane mode www.sharkattack.co.uk
Re(2): Strategy for leaving Entourage
On 6/13/03, at 5:49 AM, PowerMail Engineering wrote: I am using Now Contact along with PowerMail. There are some issues. One is that if you want to send an email to several people at once, you cannot do that from Now Contact into PM b/c PM will only take the first contact and put it in the To field. It should work with PM 4.1.3 It does!! Thanks. I hadn't checked since the new update. Fred
Re: Strategy for leaving Entourage
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am using Now Contact along with PowerMail. There are some issues. One is that if you want to send an email to several people at once, you cannot do that from Now Contact into PM b/c PM will only take the first contact and put it in the To field. It should work with PM 4.1.3 Jérôme - PowerMail Engineering - PowerMail un excellent produit, très bien protégé et qui équipe ma boîte depuis deux ans... Tout le monde apprécie la qualité quasi sans failles de cette application professionnelle... PowerMail user comment on www.cuk.ch Download a demo version from www.ctmdev.com -
Re: Strategy for leaving Entourage
On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 20:24:37 -0400, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I wonder if an applescript could be written that would have PM use the Now Contact database as the address book? I don't know, but you can drag and drop an email address from PowerMail into a Now Contact detail window.
Dates on IMAP screwed up.
I just connected on IMAP to my host to check some mail that was not visible after a download [malformed], and I'm noticing that the dates in PM are all screwed up, showing much mail sent today as sent 4/1/03! Entourage lists the dates correctly. What might be the problem here? Jefferis Peterson, Pres. Web Design and Marketing http://www.PetersonSales.com
Re(6): Strategy for leaving Entourage
http://homepage.mac.com/WebObjects/FileSharing.woa/wa/ default?user=berkowit28templatefn=Fi leSharing.htmlaff=consumercty=USlang=en -- Mirko Kranenburg Maastricht, Netherlands e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] OS X 10.2.6, Quicksilver 733, 1 Gb RAM Freeway Pro, NavPack, GraphPack, PowerMail 4.1.3, 3 panes On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 20:53:35 -0400 Jefferis Peterson wrote: Mirko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It is available for download at AppleScript Central http://www.applescriptcentral.com/ Direct Download: http://www.applescriptcentral.com/ftpinwin.php?id=362 -- Mirko Kranenburg Maastricht, Netherlands Sound interesting, however the last link you provided is 404 -- Jefferis Kent Peterson www.PetersonSales.net Flash, Web Design and Marketing ICQ 19112253 ___ Happy is the person who finds wisdom, and the one who gets understanding, for the gain from it is better than gain from silver and its profit better than gold. - Proverbs 3:13,14.
Re: Performing filters manually
PowerMail Engineering, 1:57 AM, 6/12/03: Yes, only active filters (with either filter incoming messages or filter outgoing messages checked) can be applied manually. A workaround is to add a stop filter (condition: always; stop applying filters to this message checked) at the end of your filter list, then add your manual filters after the stop filter; they will never be applied automatically even if filter incoming messages is checked. Jérôme - PowerMail Engineering That's the best suggestion I've heard so far! Thanks! -- Dan Webb [EMAIL PROTECTED] Nothing is so permanent as a temporary government program. - Milton Friedman
Re(6): Strategy for leaving Entourage
The developer's email address : Paul Berkowitz [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mirko Kranenburg Maastricht, Netherlands e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] OS X 10.2.6, Quicksilver 733, 1 Gb RAM Freeway Pro, NavPack, GraphPack, PowerMail 4.1.3, 3 panes On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 20:53:35 -0400 Jefferis Peterson wrote: Mirko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It is available for download at AppleScript Central http://www.applescriptcentral.com/ Direct Download: http://www.applescriptcentral.com/ftpinwin.php?id=362 -- Mirko Kranenburg Maastricht, Netherlands Sound interesting, however the last link you provided is 404 -- Jefferis Kent Peterson www.PetersonSales.net Flash, Web Design and Marketing ICQ 19112253 ___ Happy is the person who finds wisdom, and the one who gets understanding, for the gain from it is better than gain from silver and its profit better than gold. - Proverbs 3:13,14.
Re(5): Strategy for leaving Entourage
Mirko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It is available for download at AppleScript Central http://www.applescriptcentral.com/ Direct Download: http://www.applescriptcentral.com/ftpinwin.php?id=362 -- Mirko Kranenburg Maastricht, Netherlands Sound interesting, however the last link you provided is 404 -- Jefferis Kent Peterson www.PetersonSales.net Flash, Web Design and Marketing ICQ 19112253 ___ Happy is the person who finds wisdom, and the one who gets understanding, for the gain from it is better than gain from silver and its profit better than gold. - Proverbs 3:13,14.
Re(2): Strategy for leaving Entourage
Andy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I believe all I did was to export Entourage address list to tab or comma delimited text file (from the Export menu) and Import to Address Book. It worked fine. I tried that but I'm getting a lot of fields in the wrong places with this approach. Now Contact has more fields than Apple's Address book, so for my needs, I could use the sync to Apple's AB for most simple uses [phone number to call someone, e.g., address to mail something], but I need to be able to import a clean file. For example, I had the import put my local newspaper's fields all as work work work even for their name fields... I was able to import a modified addressbook into Now Contact, losing only the categories and groups of Entourage. Perhaps you can export a clean file from Now Contact? I emailed PowerOn and they said the sync function with AppleAB would not be available for months. Jeff -- Jefferis Kent Peterson www.PetersonSales.net Flash, Web Design and Marketing ICQ 19112253 ___ Happy is the person who finds wisdom, and the one who gets understanding, for the gain from it is better than gain from silver and its profit better than gold. - Proverbs 3:13,14.
Re(4): Strategy for leaving Entourage
And: Users of Export-Import Entourage X might like to know about: Sync Entourage-Address Book 1.0.0 in Unicode* Synchronizes Entourage X and Apple's Address Book in OS 10.2.2 and later. Sync Entourage-Address Book allows you to maintain Entourage as your centralized Personal Information Manager while at the same time taking advantage of the direct access provided to Fax programs, iSync, iChat, iPod, the new .Mac Address Book, and more by OS X's Address Book. All Entourage fields sync to Address Book and back, with unmapped Entourage fields recorded in Address Book Notes, and Address Book's Instant Messenger fields mapped to Entourage Custom Fields if desired. You can keep both applications in constant synchronization by running the script at any time, or automatically. * Sync Entourage-Address Book is optimized for Unicode and will work with all languages and alphabets (Cyrillic/Russian, Japanese, etc.). Shareware ($15), with free Demo mode and Limited mode ($6.50). It is available for download at AppleScript Central http://www.applescriptcentral.com/ Direct Download: http://www.applescriptcentral.com/ftpinwin.php?id=362 -- Mirko Kranenburg Maastricht, Netherlands e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] OS X 10.2.6, Quicksilver 733, 1 Gb RAM Freeway Pro, NavPack, GraphPack, PowerMail 4.1.3, 3 panes On Fri, 13 Jun 2003 02:20:11 +0200 Mirko Kranenburg wrote: Maybe this can help: A free update v1.2.6 for Export-Import Entourage X and 2001 is available at AppleScript Central http://www.applescriptcentral.com/ . Version 1.2.7 Updater This is a free update to Export-Import Entourage X v1.2.6. If you have paid the shareware fee, you need your Activation Code. It will also work with the Demo. If you do not yet have Export-Import Entourage X, or you are updating an earlier version than 1.2.6, get the full v1.2.7 at http://www.applescriptcentral.com instead. If you have already been using some of the scripts, you can still replace the whole set for free but would have to set any saved options again. v1.2.7 fixes bugs in three scripts: the EvX Calendar to Outlook converter, Excel Merge Columns X, and Excel Import Adapter X. EvX Calendar to Outlook did not transfer all-day and multi-day events correctly from Entourage to Outlook: they ended up in Outlook as timed events whose end date and time was the same as the start date and time (less than a second). Excel Merge Columns X would not merge Date and Time columns if Excel had formatted them as Date format (which it does for all the most common ways of displaying dates and times) rather than as text format. Excel Import Adapter X would make multi-day all-day events (with banners) one day too short, and could create further errors if any all-day events imported into Entourage were exported again by script. A new utility script File Type to Text is also provided for text files which are dimmed in the 'Choose File' dialog (usually after exporting from one Mac to another by CD without stuffing first): just drag the files onto this script application and they will become selectable. Update Installation ! The scripts do not have the version number 1.2.7 in its name because it would stop the Reset Dialogs scripts from working. € If you have v1.2.6, you can: Put the EvX Calendar to Outlook into the Outlook Converters X subfolder in Export-Import Entourage X-125 folder, replacing the earlier version. Put Excel Merge Columns X and Excel Import Adapter X scripts into the Xcel Extras subfolder in the Export-Import Entourage X-126 folder, replacing the earlier versions. Run Unlock All Scripts-126 again and enter your Activation Code, or just enter your Activation Code the first time you run each of the updated scripts. € if you have an earlier version: Do the full update, after downloading the full Export-Import Entourage X v1.2.7 set at http://www.applescriptcentral.com. You must do this if you have a version earlier than 1.2.6. Run the Unlock All Scripts-127 as per the Installation instructions, after replacing the the Export-Import X subfolder in your Entourage Script Menu Items folder with the new version. What's new in v1.2.7 € EvX Calendar to Outlook € Excel Merge Columns X € Excel Import Adapter X € File Type to Text € EvX Calendar to Outlook : When exporting from Entourage to Outlook (not vice versa), this converter did not transfer all-day and multi-day events correctly: they ended up in Outlook as timed events whose end date and time was the same as the start date and time (less than a second). And a timed event extended onto a second day would error in Outlook since if its end date were this earlier than it s start date, or would be confined to one day otherwise. Fixed in v1.2.7: all events will be correct in Outlook. € Excel Merge Columns X did not merge Date and Time columns if Excel had formatted them as Date format (which it does for all the most common ways of
Re: Strategy for leaving Entourage
I wonder if an applescript could be written that would have PM use the Now Contact database as the address book? I'm not much of a script writer so any of those with the power to script have any thoughts? Fred
Re(2): Strategy for leaving Entourage
you want to export vcards. try simple drag and drop of groups from the entourage address book. also, check out version tracker, there are a lot of shareware and freeware utilities, and one was to sync entourage with the address book if I remember rightly. ---marlyse What is the LDIF format for addresses? And how can I export from Entourage to LDIF to import to Address Book to sync with PM?
Re: Strategy for leaving Entourage
Has anyone created a really good alternative that works for them? how about using apples address book in conjunction with PM - seems to work fine as far as I can tell, the sync'ing of it, but I do not rely on it and don't use it heavily, so I can't say for sure. ---marlyse
Re: Strategy for leaving Entourage
On 6/12/03, at 7:42 PM, Jefferis Peterson wrote: I am really struggling here. I want to leave EntourageX behind since it appears to be unstable for me, but I rely on it's address book so completely, that I don't know what to do. I have business emails, groups, and phone numbers and addresses [categorized by labels, i.e., business, family, clients, friends, religious interests, etc.] in my Entourage database. I think its export options for creating phonebooks and limited exports are terrible, but I think I'm addicted. I am testing Now Contact and have imported my addresses there [without category labels :-( ] But I don't have a strategy for integrating business needs for contacts with email [which is the major contact format], and PM's address book is very limited [not even phone numbers]. My work flow is usually, receive an email. If I need to contact them, doubleclick on their email address. It opens their address book entry with phone, address, etc. Can't do that with PM. Has anyone created a really good alternative that works for them? I too was using Entourage but left only b/c of stories from others that they would lose the entire database and emails. I am using Now Contact along with PowerMail. There are some issues. One is that if you want to send an email to several people at once, you cannot do that from Now Contact into PM b/c PM will only take the first contact and put it in the To field. However, if I'm sending to only one person at a time, it works fine. Groups can be set up as an alternative. With Now Contact there are Categories and unlimited keywords. Searching is lightning fast. I did a sync of my Entourage contacts into Now Contact so everything was carried over. Everything is not as integrated as it was with Entourage and Word but it's a small price to pay for stability. With Now Contact I just double click on a contact and it opens up the file with name, address, phone, email, etc. I click on the email and PM opens up with their name and email address. I find it quite simple. Plus it will log the type of correspondence sent. The other alternative is to set up a FileMaker Pro database (instead of Now Contact). The PowerMail address book is the OS X address book and you can put in phone numbers. Is PM perfect? No. But neither is Entourage or any other program. I switched a few months ago. Fred -- 667 TiBook G4 OS X 10.2.6 768 MB Ram PM 4.1.3
Re(2): Strategy for leaving Entourage
Mirko [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: PM can sync with Apples Address Book. If that suits your needs, just browse the Preferences of PowerMail and set the appropriate options (i.e. opening contact opens Apple Address book) All in the synchronisation-tab. What is the LDIF format for addresses? And how can I export from Entourage to LDIF to import to Address Book to sync with PM? :-) Jeff -- Jefferis Kent Peterson www.PetersonSales.net Flash, Web Design and Marketing ICQ 19112253 ___ Happy is the person who finds wisdom, and the one who gets understanding, for the gain from it is better than gain from silver and its profit better than gold. - Proverbs 3:13,14.
Re: Strategy for leaving Entourage
PM can sync with Apples Address Book. If that suits your needs, just browse the Preferences of PowerMail and set the appropriate options (i.e. opening contact opens Apple Address book) All in the synchronisation-tab. -- Mirko Kranenburg Maastricht, Netherlands e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] OS X 10.2.6, Quicksilver 733, 1 Gb RAM Freeway Pro, NavPack, GraphPack, PowerMail 4.1.3, 3 panes On Thu, 12 Jun 2003 19:42:45 -0400 Jefferis Peterson wrote: I am really struggling here. I want to leave EntourageX behind since it appears to be unstable for me, but I rely on it's address book so completely, that I don't know what to do. I have business emails, groups, and phone numbers and addresses [categorized by labels, i.e., business, family, clients, friends, religious interests, etc.] in my Entourage database. I think its export options for creating phonebooks and limited exports are terrible, but I think I'm addicted. I am testing Now Contact and have imported my addresses there [without category labels :-( ] But I don't have a strategy for integrating business needs for contacts with email [which is the major contact format], and PM's address book is very limited [not even phone numbers]. My work flow is usually, receive an email. If I need to contact them, doubleclick on their email address. It opens their address book entry with phone, address, etc. Can't do that with PM. Has anyone created a really good alternative that works for them? Jeff Jefferis Peterson, Pres. Web Design and Marketing http://www.PetersonSales.com
Strategy for leaving Entourage
I am really struggling here. I want to leave EntourageX behind since it appears to be unstable for me, but I rely on it's address book so completely, that I don't know what to do. I have business emails, groups, and phone numbers and addresses [categorized by labels, i.e., business, family, clients, friends, religious interests, etc.] in my Entourage database. I think its export options for creating phonebooks and limited exports are terrible, but I think I'm addicted. I am testing Now Contact and have imported my addresses there [without category labels :-( ] But I don't have a strategy for integrating business needs for contacts with email [which is the major contact format], and PM's address book is very limited [not even phone numbers]. My work flow is usually, receive an email. If I need to contact them, doubleclick on their email address. It opens their address book entry with phone, address, etc. Can't do that with PM. Has anyone created a really good alternative that works for them? Jeff Jefferis Peterson, Pres. Web Design and Marketing http://www.PetersonSales.com
Re: Wanting to switch to powermail, wondering...
*This message was transferred with a trial version of CommuniGate(tm) Pro* On Thu, Jun 12, 2003, Ben Kennedy said: On 11 6 2003 at 1:51 am -0400, Andy Fragen wrote: Attachments are funny things. If you move the attachment the link to the message will be broken. In fact, I'm not sure if the above suggestion would cause the link in the message to be broken. Suggestion to CTM in this regard: begin using alias records to store the file reference, instead of (presumably) absolute paths. This will maintain the linkage even if the file is renamed or moved elsewhere on the same disk. In my app (Doggiebox), I made this change recently (took about 15 minutes of coding) and the gain in usability is remarkable -- things seem to just work for the user. Agreed. This would be a welcome fix. -- Andy Fragen TiBook 400/384 RAM - OS X 10.2.6 - PowerMail v4.1.3 PowerMail AppleScript Archives: http://homepage.mac.com/wayneb/powermail.html
