Automatic option to not download but leave on server
Hello, Batmen and women, One option I use frequently in Datula and EdMax is to leave certain messages on the server without downloading them, so I can download them from a different location later. For example, I don't want to read all the messages for the Datula and EdMax lists while I'm at my office, unless they are from the developers themselves. So I have Datula filters set up to leave all messages for these lists on the server, and to download only those from the program developers. I'd like to do the same thing in The Bat!, but this feature appears to be missing. Is it? (I know I can do it with the dispatcher, but I want to do it automatically.) -- John De Hoog http://dehoog.org -- -- View the TBUDL archive at http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com To send a message to the list moderation team double click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe from TBUDL, double click here and send the message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] --
Re: Automatic option to not download but leave on server
Hello Doc, On Sunday, January 30, 2000 at 09:41:39 GMT +0900 (which was 4:41 PM where I live) [EMAIL PROTECTED] typed: Hello, Batmen and women, I'd like to do the same thing in The Bat!, but this feature appears to be missing. Is it? (I know I can do it with the dispatcher, but I want to do it automatically.) The Bat downloads the messages first, then it applies the appropriate filter sets, so what you request can't be done exactly the way you describe. But there is a work around that might do what you need. If you set your work computer to Leave Messages on Server (Account-Properties-Mail Management), then you can create filters to move the unwanted mail to some other folder, leaving behind just the ones you want to keep. Then your home computer can download all your messages. This solution is not quite as elegant as what you requested, but it should do the job. -- Thanks for writing Januk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Using The Bat! 1.39 under Windows 98 4.10 Build A -- -- View the TBUDL archive at http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com To send a message to the list moderation team double click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe from TBUDL, double click here and send the message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] --
Re: Automatic option to not download but leave on server
Januk Aggarwal wrote... The Bat downloads the messages first, then it applies the appropriate filter sets, so what you request can't be done exactly the way you describe. But there is a work around that might do what you need. I already have separate folders for messages from the developer and others, but when I'm busy I don't want those others even to be downloaded. I guess since The Bat! doesn't do any automatic server-side filtering, there's no hope of getting this one. On the other hand, The Bat! has some options not in Datula, such as automatically marking a message as read. It would be nice to combine the best feature of both programs -- Batula! Batula! would have The Bat!'s editor, MailTicker(TM) and sorting rules interface, Datula's Japanese-language handling and server-side filtering and configurable key assignment and one-key navigation across folders, etc. Great idea, no? -- John De Hoog http://dehoog.org -- -- View the TBUDL archive at http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com To send a message to the list moderation team double click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe from TBUDL, double click here and send the message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] --
Re: Automatic option to not download but leave on server
Hi Januk, On 31 January 2000 at 16:53:50 GMT -0800 (which was 00:53 where I live) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote and made these points: I'd like to do the same thing in The Bat!, but this feature appears to be missing. Is it? (I know I can do it with the dispatcher, but I want to do it automatically.) JA The Bat downloads the messages first, then it applies the JA appropriate filter sets, so what you request can't be done exactly JA the way you describe. But there is a work around that might do JA what you need. If you set your work computer to Leave Messages on JA Server (Account-Properties-Mail Management), then you can create JA filters to move the unwanted mail to some other folder, leaving JA behind just the ones you want to keep. Then your home computer can JA download all your messages. JA This solution is not quite as elegant as what you requested, but it JA should do the job. OTOH by using "Leave messages on the server" and using filters at each end, you can have the filters "Delete the message from the server" appropriately using the "Actions" tab for the filters. HTH -- Cheers, .\\arck Marck D. Pearlstone, Consultant Software Engineer Co-moderator TBUDL / TBBETA www: http://www.silverstones.com PGP key: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=GET%20MARCKKEY *--- | Using The Bat! 1.41 / Beta1 S/N 14F4B4B2 | under Windows 98 4.10 Build 1998 *--- -- -- View the TBUDL archive at http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com To send a message to the list moderation team double click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe from TBUDL, double click here and send the message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] --
Re: Automatic option to not download but leave on server
Hello Doc, On Sunday, January 30, 2000 at 11:02:47 GMT +0900 (which was 6:02 PM where I live) [EMAIL PROTECTED] typed: Januk Aggarwal wrote... The Bat downloads the messages first, then it applies the appropriate filter sets, so what you request can't be done exactly the way you describe. But there is a work around that might do what you need. I already have separate folders for messages from the developer and others, but when I'm busy I don't want those others even to be downloaded. Just an extension to what I was saying earlier, do you know about the option in the filters to delete the message when applied? For example, you can create an incoming filter for all messages from that list which are not from the developers. Then under the Actions tab, you can delete them. So if you set TB to leave messages on the server, you will download the messages, but you'll never see them. They will be deleted as soon as they hit the Inbox. But they will still be on the server if you want to download them to another machine. Just an idea. I still agree with you that filters should be applied *before* downloading, but unless you restrict the search areas to the headers, this isn't practical. I guess since The Bat! doesn't do any automatic server-side filtering, there's no hope of getting this one. Not yet. Hopefully they will implement it in version 2. But I don't recall anyone mentioning this feature. On the other hand, The Bat! has some options not in Datula, such as automatically marking a message as read. It would be nice to combine the best feature of both programs -- Batula! That's a great idea. Now you just have to get everyone to agree what are the *best* features of each. :) Batula! would have The Bat!'s editor, MailTicker(TM) and sorting rules interface, Agreed. Datula's Japanese-language handling and server-side filtering and configurable key assignment and one-key navigation across folders, etc. Great idea, no? I've never used Datula, so I'll believe you about the quality of the filtering. But I would *love* the one-key navigation across folders. There have been rumors that it will be supported in version 2. I'm getting the feeling that version 2 won't be at all similar to 1.xx. I hope that's for the better, although 1.xx is going to be a hard act to follow. -- Thanks for writing Januk [EMAIL PROTECTED] Using The Bat! 1.39 under Windows 98 4.10 Build A -- -- View the TBUDL archive at http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com To send a message to the list moderation team double click here: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To Unsubscribe from TBUDL, double click here and send the message: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] --
