Re: Requirements for "Rename Incoming Attachments" script

2006-03-01 Thread Mikael Byström
Andy Fragen said: >I can't seem to find this script. > >-- >Andy Fragen > >On Tue, Feb 28, 2006, Mikael Byström said: > >>Anyone already have a script doing something like this, that you'd care >>to share? As I already mentioned, Cheshirekat wrote "Rename Existing >>Attachments", which most likel

Re(4): PowerMail Feature Requests (attachments)

2006-03-01 Thread Marlyse Comte
>(Believe me, if I had control over what our customers did - I would be >a much happier person.) LOL - I feel with you. ---marlyse

Re: Re(2): PowerMail Feature Requests (attachments)

2006-03-01 Thread Justin Beek
I agree with you and we *do* have more structured naming on in-house files. The problem is with the incoming files from customers. (Believe me, if I had control over what our customers did - I would be a much happier person.) Thanks, Justin On Tuesday, February 28, 2006, at 11:16 AM, Marlyse

Re: PowerMail Feature Requests (attachments)

2006-03-01 Thread Christian Roth
Mikael Byström wrote: >I'm interested enough in the problem to look at scripting solutions. >Cheshirekat wrote "Rename Existing Attachments" so that is probably a >great starting point. Anyone else have already done such a thing? Well, I have resorted to wrapping up all attachments of a single e

Re: Requirements for "Rename Incoming Attachments" script

2006-03-01 Thread Andy Fragen
I can't seem to find this script. -- Andy Fragen On Tue, Feb 28, 2006, Mikael Byström said: >Anyone already have a script doing something like this, that you'd care >to share? As I already mentioned, Cheshirekat wrote "Rename Existing >Attachments", which most likely can be used a starting poin

Re(2): PowerMail Feature Requests (attachments)

2006-03-01 Thread Marlyse Comte
>("file2.pdf" being the real version 2 art. "file 2.pdf" being the >version 1 art that PowerMail renamed and added a "2") > >So far, we haven't had an order go out wrong, but there has been some >confusion because of this renaming of files. Having to deal also with many revisions of files, I wo

Re: PowerMail Feature Requests (attachments)

2006-03-01 Thread Justin Beek
In our business, it is, unfortunately, very common for us to get artwork sent in 2-6 times before the final approval is given. Sometimes, the only way we know what art to use is by the revision number of the filename. When we get an order and it says use the "version 2" art, we have to make su

Requirements for "Rename Incoming Attachments" script

2006-03-01 Thread Mikael Byström
Hera are the requirements I could think of for a script for renaming incoming attachments in a meaningful way: It should · keep whole original name. · retain original extension. · add meaningful data to the original name string in order to distinguish files with the same original name from each

Re: PowerMail Feature Requests (attachments)

2006-03-01 Thread Mikael Byström
Justin Beek said: >My main concern is the renaming of the attachments. Why is that? How are identically named files of any help? How do they convey information about the differences of their content, for example? A better solution IMHO would instead be to embrace renaming by actively sort to me