Filter
Hi, I have a filter that moves emails from a certain email address to a folder. How do I add an exception to it? Specifically, I want the rule to only move the emails from the inbox to this other folder if they don't contain the letters "re:" or "RE:" or "Re:" (so in other words, if it is a reply, put the email in the inbox, otherwise put it into this other folder). -- Regards, Secret Using The Bat! v3.99.29 on Windows XP :flag-australia: Current version is 3.99.27.2 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Dictionaries and Vista
Hi Fredrik Bergström, On Wednesday, 5 September 2007, you wrote: > On Mon, 3 Sep 2007 07:41:40 +1000 GMT, Secret wrote: >> Hi, >> Just upgraded to Vista, re-installed The Bat and have noticed that >> I can no longer add words to the dictionary (right click on a word >> Bat says is wrongly spelt, and go 'Add to Dictionary' and the word >> is not added, instead it stays as underlined indicating it is >> wrongly spelt). Is this a bug in The Bat, or is it a case of Vista's >> new 'cannot allow write access to C:\Program Files for a non-admin >> user' policy (I note that this is where the dictionary files are located)? > I put up this subject a few threads ago, if you do not have the list > that long here is the mail archive link: > http://www.mail-archive.com/tbudl@thebat.dutaint.com/msg94841.html Thanks. I found a slightly easier solution. Open up Windows Explorer, navigate to The Bat installation folder, right click on thebat.exe, select Properties, then go into the Compatibility tab. Down the bottom, put a tick in the 'run this program as an administrator' box and click Ok. When you run The Bat now, you will be prompted to run as an administrator (if you have UAC enabled), but you will be able to add to dictionary without moving your dictionary files as you described. I guess you could also reset the permissions on The Bat installation folder to allow a normal Vista user account all access. I know The Bat is meant to be Vista compatible, but it's not quite. Hopefully someone at RitLabs will realise that the dictionary files need to be placed in the user profile folder, and not Program Files (and will adjust their installer accordingly). -- Regards, Secret Using The Bat! v3.99.24 on Windows Vista Current version is 3.99.24 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Dictionaries and Vista
Hi, Just upgraded to Vista, re-installed The Bat and have noticed that I can no longer add words to the dictionary (right click on a word Bat says is wrongly spelt, and go 'Add to Dictionary' and the word is not added, instead it stays as underlined indicating it is wrongly spelt). Is this a bug in The Bat, or is it a case of Vista's new 'cannot allow write access to C:\Program Files for a non-admin user' policy (I note that this is where the dictionary files are located)? Also on the subject of dictionaries, when I go into the Spell Checker menu, I select 'British English' from the Language menu (which is fine), but when I go into the Dictionaries option, I see the language of the Dictionary file (correct.tlx) is American English. I can't see any way to change this to British (I'm sick of The Bat marking "maximise" as wrong and suggesting "maximize" instead). Can anyone help? The Bat may just be trying to have a bet each way - if I type these four words into a message: minimise minimize maximise maximize The Bat marks minimize as wrong, and maximise as wrong. One of the differences between British and American English is that British uses "S" instead of "Z". You can see by these 4 examples, The Bat is not being consistent in its spellings. It is saying that one word spelt with a "Z" is wrong but another word spelt with an "S" is also incorrect. It seems to me that the British English dictionary in The Bat has an incorrect mixture of British and American spellings inside it. If anyone knows of a better British English dictionary then the default Bat one, please let me know. Australian English would be even better :) -- Regards, Secret Using The Bat! v3.99.24 on Windows Vista :flag-australia: Current version is 3.99.24 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Connection Centre
Hi Thomas Fernandez, On Saturday, 25 August 2007, you wrote: > Hello Secret, > On Sat, 25 Aug 2007 00:29:34 +1000 GMT (24/08/2007, 21:29 +0700 GMT), > Secret Squirrel wrote: SS>>>> Bug? The connection centre defaults to the bottom right hand corner SS>>>> of the screen. If you drag it to say the middle of the screen, >>> Can't confirm. Stays where it's put here. > Here too. SS>> Nuts - it would have to be something that only affects my PC. SS>> Definitely as soon as I close The Bat, the connection centre SS>> resets to the bottom right hand corner of the screen :( > My guess would be that you don't have write permissions to the > registry. I that possible? It's a stand-alone PC and I'm running an admin account, so I don't think it was that. I'm not sure how, but it looks like it definitely was the "Minimise to the System Tray" setting. After I disabled that, moved the connection centre, and then re-enabled that setting, the connection centre window has stayed where I dragged it (the middle of the screen). I can't even begin to understand how that setting could affect the connection centre! I guess I should experiment some more (disabling and re-enabling that setting and dragging the connection centre around the screen), but now that it is in the place that I want it, I'm a bit reluctant to fool with things. I think I will leave it at that, and at least this message is on the list now, so if anyone else has the same problem, it might give them a potential solution. -- Regards, Secret Using The Bat! v3.99.3 on Windows XP Current version is 3.99 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Connection Centre
Hi Roelof Otten, On Friday, 24 August 2007, you wrote: > Hallo Secret, > On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 22:51:42 +1000GMT (23-8-2007, 14:51 +0200, where I > live), you wrote: SS>> Bug? The connection centre defaults to the bottom right hand SS>> corner of the screen. If you drag it to say the middle of the SS>> screen, the change only lasts as long as you have The Bat open. If SS>> you close The Bat, open it and bring up connection centre again, SS>> it has reverted to being positioned in the bottom right hand corner of the screen. > Can't confirm. Haven't seen that behaviour in TB version yet. > Are you using a multiple monitor system? Hm, it may be due to the "Minimise to the System Tray" setting. I had it enabled (I never used to, I only enabled it a few weeks ago). What I did a few minutes ago was disable that setting, checked my emails and dragged the connection centre window to the middle of the screen. I then exited from The Bat. I re-opened The Bat and checked my emails again, and this time the connection centre window had stayed in the middle of the screen where I had dragged it. Interesting. -- Regards, Secret Using The Bat! v3.99.3 on Windows XP Current version is 3.99 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Connection Centre
Hi Roelof Otten, On Friday, 24 August 2007, you wrote: > Hallo Secret, > On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 22:51:42 +1000GMT (23-8-2007, 14:51 +0200, where I > live), you wrote: SS>> Bug? The connection centre defaults to the bottom right hand SS>> corner of the screen. If you drag it to say the middle of the SS>> screen, the change only lasts as long as you have The Bat open. If SS>> you close The Bat, open it and bring up connection centre again, SS>> it has reverted to being positioned in the bottom right hand corner of the screen. > Can't confirm. Haven't seen that behaviour in TB version yet. > Are you using a multiple monitor system? Nope, only using a single monitor. I don't think my vga card even has a connector for a second monitor. I have no clue what the problem could be - it sounds like it is something on my PC rather than being a general problem in one of The Bat versions. -- Regards, Secret Using The Bat! v3.99.3 on Windows XP Current version is 3.99 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Connection Centre
Hi Richard Wakeford, On Thursday, 23 August 2007, you wrote: > Hello Secret, > On Thu, 23 Aug 2007 you wrote in > SS>> Bug? The connection centre defaults to the bottom right hand corner SS>> of the screen. If you drag it to say the middle of the screen, > Can't confirm. Stays where it's put here. Hi, Nuts - it would have to be something that only affects my PC. Definitely as soon as I close The Bat, the connection centre resets to the bottom right hand corner of the screen :( -- Regards, Secret Using The Bat! v3.99.3 on Windows XP Current version is 3.99 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Connection Centre
Bug? The connection centre defaults to the bottom right hand corner of the screen. If you drag it to say the middle of the screen, the change only lasts as long as you have The Bat open. If you close The Bat, open it and bring up connection centre again, it has reverted to being positioned in the bottom right hand corner of the screen. -- Regards, Secret Using The Bat! v3.99.3 on Windows XP Current version is 3.99 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Save As
Hi Roelof Otten, On Monday, 23 July 2007, you wrote: > Hallo Secret, > On Sun, 22 Jul 2007 21:46:02 +1000GMT (22-7-2007, 13:46 +0200, where I > live), you wrote: SS>> When I go Save As (saving as MSG format) on an email in The Bat, SS>> it doesn't seem as though the template in Account SS>> Properties-Templates-Save Message is being used. > That's right. After all you're saving as .msg and that means the > message is exported as is. The template is used when saving as .txt. Hi, Ah, thanks for that. I've just tried that out, and yes - when saved as .txt, that template is used. The only thing now is that for messages I have previously saved as .msg (I thought this being the default meant it was the best format to save as), I need to find that date. I've opened up one of those messages, gone into View, and checked Created and Received - but I think the information is incorrect. This particular message I believe was received by myself on 5 June. I saved it to my hard-drive and deleted it from The Bat on 22 July. Now, the Created field shows 3 June, and the Received field shows 29 July - i.e. today. This to me is incorrect (for both dates, but especially Received showing today's date and time). -- Regards, Secret Using The Bat! v3.99.3 on Windows XP Current version is 3.99 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Save As
Hi everyone, When I go Save As (saving as MSG format) on an email in The Bat, it doesn't seem as though the template in Account Properties-Templates-Save Message is being used. The template (which I haven't changed from the default The Bat installed), is thus: =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= From:%OFromName <%OFromAddr> To: %OToName <%OToAddr> Date:%ODateEn, %OTimeLongEn Subject: %OSubj Files: %Attachments --===-- %Text =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Now, whenever I save a message, it does not save the date. All it saves is Subject, From, Recipient and the message text (in that order from top to bottom). Can someone help me get the date back into the messages (the date at least is the thing I want, though I would be happy if The Bat saved all those fields in the template, in that exact same order). -- Regards, Secret Using The Bat! v3.99.3 on Windows XP Current version is 3.99 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Tag Field
Hi Thomas Fernandez, On Sunday, 27 May 2007, you wrote: > Hello Feli, > On Sat, 26 May 2007 21:24:44 +0200 GMT (27/05/2007, 02:24 +0700 GMT), > Feli Wilcke wrote: TL>>> I have no idea what its for, but it seems to be a description TL>>> name for the filter FW>> you are right, it's just a description for the filter > First time I see this... What are the tags good for? Apart from > human-readable description, I mean. Yeah, I must admit I can't really see the point of the Tag field either. I thought the "Name" field that is right beside it in the Sorting Office dialog was for the human readable description (well, that's what I use the Name field for on my Bat installation anyway). Like, e-mails from my work e-mail address (that I send to my home e-mail address) are filtered by a filter named 'Work' and e-mail from my phone company is filtered by a filter named after the company's name. Maybe you're meant to use cryptic names in the Name field, like xyzabc for 'Work' and 'sdhuifdhua' for 'Phone Company'? I don't know. :shrug: -- Regards, Secret Using The Bat! v3.99.3 on Windows XP Current version is 3.99 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Tag Field
Hi, Can anyone tell me what the Tag field in the sorting office dialog box is for? I've looked through The Bat's help, but can find no mention of this field (the help for the sorting office just skips right over it without even acknowledging it is there). -- Regards, Secret Using The Bat! v3.99.3 on Windows XP Current version is 3.99 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Saving Multiple Attachments?
> Tuesday, January 2, 2007, 12:30:49 PM, you wrote: > I am using the save all all the time, including earlier today. This > should save all files to the chosen folder. > I don't however highlight the individual files (I suppose save all is > meant to capture all) and this works fine for me. > Is it possible that this was a one-off problem, perhaps you were > releasing the shift button too early and thus only leaving the first > file highlighted for saving? Hi Tom, I was trying to save the attachments from multiple messages in one go - it sounds like you are referring to saving multiple attachments in the single message? I highlight the entire 12 messages, right clicked and used the 'save all' option, but it only saved the attachment from a single message (I assume the first, I didn't check). It happens that way every time I try it. I didn't know if this was a bug in The Bat or if it just wasn't designed to do what I was trying to do. -- Regards, Secret Using The Bat! v3.95.6 on Windows XP Current version is 3.95.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Canvas does not allow drawing on message
Hi everyone, I managed to crash my Bat installation today. I was replying to an email message, when I noticed the 'insert smile' button in the message toolbar. I clicked on the button to see what it would do, and an error popped up 'canvas does not allow drawing on'. I tried to click on the Ok button, but I couldn't - another error box exactly the same popped up. Then, every couple of seconds, another one of those error boxes popped up on screen. After about 20 seconds, my screen was just full of these multiplying error boxes. Anytime I tried to click on something (menu's, buttons etc) in The Bat would cause another error would pop up. Has anyone else had this happen to them? Eventually had to open up Task Manager and kill The Bat process. I lost my reply too - The Bat didn't automatically save it and I couldn't click on anything in The Bat to manually save it. -- Regards, Secret Using The Bat! v3.95.6 on Windows XP Current version is 3.95.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Saving Multiple Attachments?
Hi everyone, How do you save attachments from multiple messages in The Bat to disk all in one go? I highlighted about a dozen messages, right clicked and went to 'Save All To', picked a folder on my hard drive, but The Bat only saved the attachment from the first message. -- Secret Current version is 3.95.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
