powermail-discuss Digest #2734 - 11/14/07
powermail-discuss Digest #2734 - Wednesday, November 14, 2007 Re: Bug report PM addressbook and apostrophes (copy) by Damienn [EMAIL PROTECTED] Re: Time Machine and Powermail SuperDuper (Quit PowerMail save open m by Dave N [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Subject: Re: Bug report PM addressbook and apostrophes (copy) From: Damienn [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 21:45:01 +0100 From MB [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2007-11-13 14.18 (+0100 GMT) typed accented characters in the native PowerMail addressbook doesn't show up in the displayed name. This also extends to the header of sent messages, so it's not just a cosmetic problem. Umlauts do work, however. I can also confirm this misbehaviour. Earlier versions of PowerMail didn't have this problem. My PowerMail Address book contains several accented names I _typed_ in (using those earlier versions) and those names still display correctly. This version (5.5.3) does have the aforementioned problem. Damienn ___ 2 GHz Intel Core Duo iMac / OS X Tiger 10.4.9 / PowerMail 5.5.3 ___ -- Subject: Re: Time Machine and Powermail SuperDuper (Quit PowerMail save open messages) From: Dave N [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 16:14:00 -0800 To make SuperDuper! run a script just prior to backup, Open this script in Script Editor and save the apple script as an application, (also keep a script version just to make sure you can still edit it later). It can be saved to any location. Then, in SuperDuper, select your source destination drives and click the options button. Click Advanced tab and X the box for Run a shell script before copy starts; and select your script. Click OK to exit this window and if you like, Schedule this whole operation to happen on a regular basis. Hope this helps. Best, Dave Nathanson Mac Medix in reply to ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), Dave N's message of 11:25 PM, 11/12/07 The following applescript can be run by SuperDuper just before backup to Quit PowerMail, and save any open messages. Quit_PowerMail_If_Running_Save_Drafts.applescript set targetApp to PowerMail tell application System Events set processExists to exists process targetApp end tell if processExists is true then tell application PowerMail repeat with i from 1 to (count of windows) try if window i is modified then close window i with saving end if end try end repeat quit end tell end if Hope this helps. Best, Dave Nathanson Mac Medix in reply to ([EMAIL PROTECTED]), Rick Lecoat's message of 6:32 AM, 11/12/07 Superduper can run a script prior to backup that could deal with the shutting down of PM, -- End of powermail-discuss Digest
(copy of a) request regarding deletion of downloaded IMAP message attachments
A copy of what was sent to CTM support: request regarding deletion of downloaded IMAP message attachments: I think the dialog Erase (EXPUNGE) Deleted Messages... that is shown prior to erasing messages at the IMAP server in use, should in addition also inform that already downloaded messages also will be deleted. An option to keep those attachments would be most helpful. Mikael Tech facts: PM 5.5.3 Swedish | OS X 10.4.8 | Powerbook G4/400 Mhz | 1GB RAM | 80GB HD
Did I make a huge mistake here?
I just upgraded to Leopard. I cloned my hard drive, did a clean install, then copied the files back into Leopard from the clone. When I went to open PowerMail it told me that it needed to upgrade the database to be compatible with PM 5.5, that I should make a backup copy of the mail file and then proceed. Instead of seeing warning flares and hearing warning sirens, I went ahead and did this. Then when PM finally opened, the newest mail showing in the database was dated October 22, 2006..13 months ago. I have this sinking feelingwhat have I done to myself here? Any help for the embarrassed old guy will be greatly appreciated. John
Re: Did I make a huge mistake here?
John Maylone ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Then when PM finally opened, the newest mail showing in the database was dated October 22, 2006..13 months ago. Could it be that PowerMail found the wrong database -- an old backup version perhaps? This seems to be the most likely explanation, given the circumstances. - Michael Michael J. Hußmann E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] WWW (personal): http://michael-hussmann.de WWW (professional): http://digicam-experts.de
Re: Did I make a huge mistake here?
On 11/14/07, at 3:30 PM, John Maylone [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I just upgraded to Leopard. I cloned my hard drive, did a clean install, then copied the files back into Leopard from the clone. I'll bet your clone was made w/ CCC instead of SuperDuper. I had no PM DB problem using Migration Assistant from a FWHD SuperDuper clone. When I went to open PowerMail it told me that it needed to upgrade the database to be compatible with PM 5.5, that I should make a backup copy of the mail file and then proceed. Instead of seeing warning flares and hearing warning sirens, I went ahead and did this. Then when PM finally opened, the newest mail showing in the database was dated October 22, 2006..13 months ago. What happens when you use the clone as your Startup Drive? Maybe this will help someone solve your problem. Since SuperDuper is not compatible w/ Leopard yet, I did a CCC clone a week after I installed Leopard and all was well. Last weekend I did a Copy selected items using CCC to update my clone. For grins, I started up from this clone and I got the same message you did about my PM DB. I then erased my clone and did a full cloning and when I used the FWHD as my Startup (as a test), all was normal with PM. Tom Miller .. The only time we see the middle of the road is as we run from side to side. R.O.Clark ...
Re: Did I make a huge mistake here?
well, as a first - as you cloned your hard drive you obviously still have that to fall back onto. second - I wonder why you did not migrate? third - how about deleting all PM from your Leopard drive (i.e. trash prefs and the database created etc.) and try again - by copying the former PM database over from your clone, feel free to backup this time around when it asks you to. fourth - a possibility : is it pointing at the correct database to open? ---marlyse former message(s) quotes: - I just upgraded to Leopard. I cloned my hard drive, did a clean install, then copied the files back into Leopard from the clone. When I went to open PowerMail it told me that it needed to upgrade the database to be compatible with PM 5.5, that I should make a backup copy of the mail file and then proceed. Instead of seeing warning flares and hearing warning sirens, I went ahead and did this. Then when PM finally opened, the newest mail showing in the database was dated October 22, 2006..13 months ago. I have this sinking feelingwhat have I done to myself here? Any help for the embarrassed old guy will be greatly appreciated. John
Re: Did I make a huge mistake here?
Tom, Thanks to you (and to all) for replying to my distress signal. I just upgraded to Leopard. I cloned my hard drive, did a clean install, then copied the files back into Leopard from the clone. I'll bet your clone was made w/ CCC instead of SuperDuper. I had no PM DB problem using Migration Assistant from a FWHD SuperDuper clone. I used Intego's Personal Backup X4. It seems to have worked pretty well with everything BUT PowerMail, but then I am still trying to sort out other issues and really haven't gone spelunking for other problems at this point...but just now looking through the dates in my Applications folder, for example, everything looks very much as it should. When I went to open PowerMail it told me that it needed to upgrade the database to be compatible with PM 5.5, that I should make a backup copy of the mail file and then proceed. Instead of seeing warning flares and hearing warning sirens, I went ahead and did this. Then when PM finally opened, the newest mail showing in the database was dated October 22, 2006..13 months ago. What happens when you use the clone as your Startup Drive? This is the frightening part; it gives me the same OLD database, which has my head spinning and me wondering WTF is this curse around me and Mac OS upgrades. When I installed Tiger on top of OS X 10.3, it became a huge disaster, I lost a lot of info and wound up having to do a clean install. This time I wanted to avoid that so I did the clone thing (which, BTW, has worked for me BEFORE) and here I am staring another big loss in the face. Maybe this will help someone solve your problem. I can only hope that this is the case. Thanks again to you and all for replying. Cheers, John Since SuperDuper is not compatible w/ Leopard yet, I did a CCC clone a week after I installed Leopard and all was well. Last weekend I did a Copy selected items using CCC to update my clone. For grins, I started up from this clone and I got the same message you did about my PM DB. I then erased my clone and did a full cloning and when I used the FWHD as my Startup (as a test), all was normal with PM. Tom Miller .. The only time we see the middle of the road is as we run from side to side. R.O.Clark ...
Re: Did I make a huge mistake here?
On 11/14/07, at 5:01 PM, John Maylone [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Then when PM finally opened, the newest mail showing in the database was dated October 22, 2006..13 months ago. What happens when you use the clone as your Startup Drive? This is the frightening part; it gives me the same OLD database, which has my head spinning and me wondering WTF is this curse around me and Mac OS upgrades. By OLD, you mean the 2006 DB not the most recent DB, right? Could it be that Intego's Personal Backup somehow gave your clone the 2006 DB? Tom Miller .. The only time we see the middle of the road is as we run from side to side. R.O.Clark ...
Re: Did I make a huge mistake here?
Richard, I didn't make myself clear. The message file that my PM is using is in the HD/Users/Me/Mail/PowerMail Files folder, and the file name is Message Database. I mentioned the Applications folder only in the context that I had checked the file dates in that to see if there were any other apparent problems as a result of the upgrade to Leopard. BTW, I'm still stumped here. Thanks for replying! Cheers, John Your most recent database should be in your USER folder NOT the Applications folder.
Re: Bug report PM addressbook and apostrophes (copy)
Michael J. Hußmann ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) on 13/11/07 18:58 said: When using a name containing an apostrophe in the name part ( I have yet to see such an email address) And you will never see one, because accented letters (and all other characters outside the ASCII character set, plus some ASCII characters) are not allowed in mail addresses. See also: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_E-mail Sean
