Re: Archiving attachments

[Adrian Godfrey]

That option is there BUT you have to do it individually for each email
address in the Properties for the account



Sunday, February 5, 2017, 5:25:21 PM, you wrote:

> I want it defined in the attachment location directive in settings. This
> way I set it once for all incoming mail without using filters.



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Re: Archiving attachments

[Maggie Meister]

Miguel,

On Sunday, February 05, 2017 at 1:25:27 PM you wrote:

MM> Hi Miguel,

MM> On Sunday, February 05, 2017 at 1:06:55 PM you wrote:

M>> Just  select  the group of filter (Incoming, Outgoing, Read) where you
M>> want your filter to be, right-click and select Paste.
MM>  
MM> I selected Read, did right click and the only choice available is
MM> New Filter. If I click on that to create a new filter, then right
MM> click on it, Paste is grayed out.

MM> I'm in v4.2.44 does this make a difference?  

Another idea - I don't know if this will work, but if I create 
another account with the same folders then Re-Direct all the 
mails in each folder to that other account, will that accomplish 
moving the attachments to the designated file? 
  

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Re: Archiving attachments

[Maggie Meister]

Hi Miguel,

On Sunday, February 05, 2017 at 1:06:55 PM you wrote:

M> Just  select  the group of filter (Incoming, Outgoing, Read) where you
M> want your filter to be, right-click and select Paste.
 
I selected Read, did right click and the only choice available is
New Filter. If I click on that to create a new filter, then right
click on it, Paste is grayed out.

I'm in v4.2.44 does this make a difference?  

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Re: Archiving attachments

[MAU]

Hello Maggie,

JG>> I want it defined in the attachment location directive in settings. This
JG>> way I set it once for all incoming mail without using filters.
>
> Yes! And being able to change the type of attachment, i.e., jpg,
> .doc, .xar, etc. or just include all the likely types but to
> avoid the .html or .msg that isn't relevant would be helpful.

Fully agree.

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Re: Archiving attachments

[MAU]

Hello Maggie,

M>> I  assume your current setting is "In message Bodies", and that if you
M>> now  change  to  "In  a  separate directory" this change will apply to
M>> future messages only, and not to those already in message base.
>
> This is valuable. I have now changed the setting as I was indeed 
> keeping them in message bodies.

Well, at least you got something useful from my message ;-)

> In the sorting of the account, I did not see where to paste the
> filter.

Just  select  the group of filter (Incoming, Outgoing, Read) where you
want your filter to be, right-click and select Paste.

> Also, I did not understand the syntax of the name of the filter.

I  don't  know  what  you  exactly  mean  by that. The name I used was
ExtAtt.

> Where is the text enclosed by $ to be pasted? Should it be copied
> from 'beginFilter' and end with 'endFilter'? I have never used a
> filter such as this, even though I have seen various similar filters
> in the list over the years. Normally, my needs are so simple that
> the macros one can choose for message filtering are enough for my
> needs.

In  my  message, select all the lines starting with (and including it)
'  TB!  Message  Filter  ' to 'endFilter' (including it also).
Then  right-click  and  select Copy (or Ctrl-C). Then open the Sorting
Office,  select  the  filter  group/type where you want the filter and
Paste.

Once  pasted,  select it and in 'Actions' on the right panel, click on
the  Edit button at the bottom and the Extract Attachments window will
open.  There  you  will  see where you can set the directory where you
want  attachments  to  go, and also the mask for file type you want to
extract.

I  still  have to find a way of defining more than just one mask. I've
tried several ways but none of them did work.

> Thanks for your patience.

My pleasure :-)

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Re: Archiving attachments

[Maggie Meister]

Hi Jason,

On Sunday, February 05, 2017 at 11:25:21 AM you wrote:

JG> I want it defined in the attachment location directive in settings. This
JG> way I set it once for all incoming mail without using filters.

Yes! And being able to change the type of attachment, i.e., jpg,
.doc, .xar, etc. or just include all the likely types but to
avoid the .html or .msg that isn't relevant would be helpful.

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even when there’s no river. -Khrushchev. 
__
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Re: Archiving attachments

[Maggie Meister]

Hi Miguel,

On Saturday, February 04, 2017 at 2:30:24 PM you wrote:

>>  Is there a way to save attachments globally? If not, will
>>  I have to go through each and every mail to copy out the
>>  attachment?

M> OK,  I'm going to suggest a couple of things. None is perfect.

M> 1.-  You  can  keep  attachments  in  message  bodies or in a separate
M> directory. See Help/Account/Properties/Files and directories/Attachments

M> I  assume your current setting is "In message Bodies", and that if you
M> now  change  to  "In  a  separate directory" this change will apply to
M> future messages only, and not to those already in message base.

This is valuable. I have now changed the setting as I was indeed 
keeping them in message bodies.

M> 2.-  You can use a manual filter to extract attachments, I have tested
M> it and it works. Copy the following filter and paste it in the Sorting
M> of  your  Account. I created it as a 'Read Filter'.



In the sorting of the account, I did not see where to paste the
filter. Also, I did not understand the syntax of the name of the
filter. Where is the text enclosed by $ to be pasted? Should it
be copied from 'beginFilter' and end with 'endFilter'? I have
never used a filter such as this, even though I have seen various
similar filters in the list over the years. Normally, my needs
are so simple that the macros one can choose for message
filtering are enough for my needs.

Thanks for your patience. 
 
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Re: Archiving attachments

[Jason Gottschalk]

I want it defined in the attachment location directive in settings. This 
way I set it once for all incoming mail without using filters.



On February 5, 2017 4:37:01 AM MAU  wrote:


Hello Jason,


I wish we could use variables (macros) in the attachments folder
setting.. would make life so much easier.


If you mean using macros to define the folder where attachments should
be extracted, I have just tested and they work.

I  the  test filter I posted yesterday I defined the folder to extract
the attachments as:

C:\Datos G\Atachments

Today, for testing, I set it to:

C:\Datos G\Atachments\%Fromfname

And  it  did  work.  When  running  the  filter, several folders where
created  with  the first name of From, and the appropriate attachments
where extracted in each folder. So, it looks like it works

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Re: Archiving attachments

[MAU]

Hello Jason,

> I wish we could use variables (macros) in the attachments folder 
> setting.. would make life so much easier.

If you mean using macros to define the folder where attachments should
be extracted, I have just tested and they work.

I  the  test filter I posted yesterday I defined the folder to extract
the attachments as:

C:\Datos G\Atachments

Today, for testing, I set it to:

C:\Datos G\Atachments\%Fromfname

And  it  did  work.  When  running  the  filter, several folders where
created  with  the first name of From, and the appropriate attachments
where extracted in each folder. So, it looks like it works

-- 
Best regards,

Miguel A. Urech (Els Poblets (Alicante) - Spain)
Using The Bat! v7.4.2.0 Christmas Edition
My photos at: http://mau.smugmug.com
My photoblog: http://mau.aminus3.com

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