okay as far as I can tell, but
>the Address Book problem, the two slippery contacts, remains.
>
>Should I try a low-level rebuild??
>--Anna
>
>
>On 7/25/18, Jim Pistrang wrote:
>
>>Hi Anna,
>>
>>Have you tried placing these two addresses in a new group.
there as
>expected, but once PM is closed and restarted, that group reverts to
>having two members missing.
>
>I am not doing any synching with Apple's Mail, which I never use
>except in emergencies.
>Any ideas?
>
>Thanks,
>Anna
>
>
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ens a window on my
>Documents folder. (Same with File>Attachments>Add Attachment...) Is
>there a way to change the default for adding an attachment to another
>folder, such as the Desktop?
>
>Thanks.
>
>- Winston
>
>
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First Aid and checked the first 4 boxes, and also checked the
two boxes involving 'trouble sending and receiving'.
Restarted the computer.
Entered a new account in PowerMail with the correct settings.
Downloaded installed a new powermail.app.
What else can I try? Any ideas?
Jim
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worked but there is no indication as to where the exported file is.
I've tried searching the likely places but to no avail.
Has anyone any ideas as to where it might be.
Cheers,
Chris
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findings on the above points to this list ASAP, since
we are eager to release a 6.2.1 to all customers.
Thank you, and best regards,
jean michel/ctm qa
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Are these crashes troubling anyone else?
Daniele
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like PM to get more maintenance so I think that, as a community,
it would be appropriate to have a maintenance subscription to fund this
work. How do others feel about this? Would you be willing to pay a
yearly maintenance subscription?
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Hi Lane,
I just pruned my DB to keep it under the 2GB limit, so it only has a
little over 25,000 emails.
Do you really mean 25,000?
My PM database is under 600 MB with 90,000 messages.
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, but it sounds like you might think
of it as a featture!
Clicking URL links in emails does not always work. It is a known issue,
but when and why it works and why it doesn't is a mystery.
I find that double-clicking works reliably (except for when it doesn't)
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Hi m.,
funny to know about new version on macupdate instead of here ;)
Really.
Has anyone updated yet? Not sure I want to be first.
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anything else I've looked at.
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the code,
but can't do anything with it.
the icon appears as a generic executable file by default. i've never
seen this type of registration, so don't know what else to do.
I emailed CTM the same day. no response.
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Hi Rene,
Does Eudora mailboxes converter for PowerMail 3 (last version
18/04/2000) still work with PM 5.X?
(http://eudora2pm.free.fr/)
Any alternatives (for Mac)?
Look at Emailchemy http://www.weirdkid.com/products/emailchemy/
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of the former
users left reluctantly due to a missing feature or capability. CTM
can't do everything for everybody, but hopefully they're addressing the
critical needs. (Note to CTM - it would be nice to know what's on the list)
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on the email before it gets to
the SpamSieve filter? If that filter has 'don't apply subsequent
filters...' checked, then the email will never get to the SpamSieve filter.
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clicked on a message in an old backup copy of the
database. This would 'trick' PowerMail into thinking that you wanted to
switch databases. To switch back to your current database, go to File/
Database/Switch User Environment and locate your current folder files.
hth
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! Depending on your version of PowerMail and OSX, you may
find it in Applications/PowerMail/Extras or you may see it in your
System Preferences.
If you can't find it anywhere, it is a free download from their web
page: http://mac.clauss-net.de/misfox/
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Hi Mark,
Sorry, but what exactly is a null character?
ASCII 0
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it from
my web mail. I can't extract it from PM because it never got in to PM!
Email me privately if you want me to send it to you.
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Hi Tom,
Has anyone else seen this kind of thing?
I got one just this morning, for the first time in a VERY long time.
I forwarded it to support, maybe they'll be able to tell why.
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Hi Michael,
Strangely enough, I've gotten one -- maybe two -- today and also have not
gotten one in a very long time. Am logging on via webmail to delete email,
but haven't narrowed to which one yet.
Subject of mine was 'Up to 50% Off Clearance Products'
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Hi Tom,
Any ideas on where to go from here?
I encountered something similar to this. I went in to the Keychain
utility and deleted all of my PowerMail passwords, then I was able to
rebuild them.
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and did a Save from the Accounts window I was crashing. I
deleted the password from my Keychain, then I was able to enter it
without crashing.
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Hi Mikael,
Jim and Matthias, it would be helpful if you also gave OS X version.
Sorry, I'm on 10.4.11, preparing to make the plunge to Leopard.
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in the file name.
/Users/jpistrang/Mail/PowerMail\ Files/Message\ Database
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the most recent one,
but assuming you do regular backups in general, you don't need to keep
these around if your current PM database is working.
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on a few occasions, never
with any problem. I do NOT have PM checking mail on a scheduled basis,
so my database is not active during the backup (assuming that I am sleeping).
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comfortable that I can trust my backed up data and my backed-up PM
databases will be integer when I need them.
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(in the PowerMail Extras folder) to set PowerMail as
the default mail app. This might do it, depending on how FileMaker is
programmed.
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of
problems converting to PowerMail until I discovered Emailchemy, that is
definitely the way to go.
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/
hth
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in:
PowerMail support case #
PowerMail version:
Mac OS version:
Customer ID:
I assume that this is the best way to reach support.
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mail address
databases, and see if the problem persists.
hth
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Hi all,
You can also set the default Mail app using MisFox, which you'll find in
the PowerMail Extras folder.
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it and see if the mouse
changes to a +. If it does, mouse-drag to the right.
Then again, maybe it's something else
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Hi Marlyse,
I'm wondering about the foxtrot list if that is alive.
Alive but very quiet.
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Hi Per,
Am I really that fast?
I also find this to be a slow process in PM. It speeds up if you
quit PM and then re-open, but it eventually slows down again. Very
frustrating.
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Hi Mikael,
Why can't the PM addressbook show the letter é?
My PM addressbook displays an é correctly
PB 5.5 on OSX 10.4.8 PowerPC G4
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PowerMail just fine, and can paste from other apps into Tex-
edit just fine.
I just copied/pasted the text of your email with no problem. Tried it
with Text-Edit and with TextWrangler.
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then you just filter the list messages directly to your
trash or blacklist them in your spam settings. Either of these
solutions will minimize your aggravation while not harming other
innocent parties.
Jim
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this helps,
Jim
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Hi,
Can one use his/her PowerMail Scripts still? I have and use many of them ...
Running PPC and not Intel. My own scripts appear in the Scripts menu
just where they're supposed to be.
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(after backing up everything, of course). No
problems so far. Address book seems snappier, but that may be my
imagination. Running a 1.67 GHz PPC G4 with latest OSX.
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gmail account you have to change a setting on the server to
allow POP connections. Not sure if this is applicable here.
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.
Jim
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Hi,
Thomas Andersson, Jim Pistrang, Midi, Jay and I had the problem. At
least that are the ones who talked about in one of this three mails.
Yes, I had occasional problems with PM not hiding...a few years ago, and
they were usually solved by a restart. I have NOT had any problems in
the past
of the script. I
have the script in the Custom Scripts section of the menu. If it's in a
different section you may need to experiment with a different number of
spaces.
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down again
quickly.
I have 1252 addresses in the address book. Today, when I type the
letters 'smit' in the search field, it takes about 8 seconds to narrow
the list down to meet the criteria.
Are others experiencing this as well?
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after a few days of being up (clicking on
an email message would take a second to load and redraw).
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send email to
PowerMail support [EMAIL PROTECTED].
In your case, CTM replied to the list to say that they would look into
your problem, so (in theory) we all knew it was being taken care of.
(but it was still good that you sent this message)
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there
somewhere? I certainly don't have one on my disk.
You might! Go to PowerMail in your Applications folder and control-
click on it to show package contents. The manual might be lurking in there.
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through the
web browser interface, and they downloaded just fine with Mail.
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over 40,000 and my database is at 150mb. Unless you have a huge
number of emails, there may be something else going on here. I
recommend that you first make a copy of your database, then try to compact it.
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formats, and see which one
Outlook will accept.
If nothing works, take a look at Emailchemy, I used it to move my email
IN to PM, and it worked very well.
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that
appears in the footer of this (and every PM List) email.
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than a
single space, etc). A folder with a space at the beginning does show up
in the filter lists.
hth
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Hi George,
How can I get rid of these zombie files?
Move them to the trash empty the trash.
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it takes less than a second.
2) I open Retrospect Express and then quit it again. Before quitting,
it reminds me that I have a script scheduled for execution at midnight.
3) Back in PowerMail, it now takes 2 seconds to toggle from one email to
another.
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, and restart PowerMail at
3:00. Is this advisable or is it not necessary?
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retrospect at night.
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this version instead of the old
version, there's no special install and no settings need to be changed.
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.
Setup:Scheduling Locations then click on the Locations tab
Also, is there a way to get PowerMail to reply from the same account
which received a message?
Not sure about this one.
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use PM.
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printer driver or the problem exists within the 4.2.1 code.
I can't test now, as I've moved on to OSX and PM 5, but I started with PM
back when I used OS9 and PM4 and I certainly printed while getting email.
However, I don't have the same printer as you...
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be a
preference to toggle this on and off as desired. Have I missed something?
This is not the behavior in version 5.1. If no changes are made after
opening an old email, no prompt happens.
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Hi Ben,
But what is the point of this pissing contest? :)
That's harsh. gI actually think it's useful to know how others use
the software, what it is capable of, etc. Bigger isn't necessarily
better, but it's helpful to know how the software functions with large volume.
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, but send me a private email if you
want me to email it to you.
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Hi Hiro,
You'd be interested to know that we the long-time PM users are who
believe email should be nothing but plain text :-)
amen!
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Hi list,
PM5.1 on OSX.3.8 on PB G4 17
35,000+ messages in my PowerMail database.
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there, staring me in the face!
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to repair things here.
If this doesn't work and you still can't index, I would personally
recommend Emailchemy. You also might try exporting from PowerMail and
then re-importing...maybe it will export the good emails and leave behind
the corrupt ones.
hth sorry for your troubles,
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with SpamSieve to filter the
junk, and is very reliable.
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.
I say do the upgrade!
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Hi Giovanni,
Can I set a filter to put a new message in a specific folder in the
folder's list if the sender's address is already in Address Book? And,
eventually, how?
Sure.
Condition: From is in address Book
Action: Move message into Folder
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. Alternatively,
a command that would let me do it manually would suffice (I assume the
EMPTY TRASH command deletes everything).
I would also like to see this.
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and a Disk First Aid repair
or single-user-mode fsck.
hth
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click on the item, it launches IE...
Try this, I think it will work:
1) control-click on the icon of the attachment and select 'Get Finder Info'
2) in the 'Open With' section, select Safari
3) also click on 'Change All' to open future html attachments with Safari
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the Spam filter to trap emails from these lists. In my
case I set the email to a different label (i.e. color) and check the
'don't apply subsequent filters' checkbox.
hope this helps,
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to be fixed...it asked once and then remembered!
Thanks,
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the computer
and all is well again. Worked out as well when updating SpamSieve to 2.2
couple of days ago.
The voodoo method did not work for me, I also did all of the opening
closing restarting afterwards. Strangely enough indeed!
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: Michael says he got this idea from another PowerMail user, Roland Wegmann.
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now,
but if you run into problems, I highly recommend Emailchemy for importing.
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is to clear the
action and start over.
Not sure what you mean by 'when an error is made', but you can command-
click on a line in a selected list to de-select that line. Is this what
you are looking to do? Probably not, but I thought I'd give it a try...
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to export old emails.
I backup my Mail folder to an external firewire every night. The backup
works fine even if PM is up running.
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location.
As for the order, you can drag the accounts in the Mail Accounts Setup to
change the order.
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in the Custom Scripts folder inside your PowerMail Files folder.
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Hi Bill,
Help! I have an email which crashes the program when I click on it. How
do I get rid of it??
Try turning off the preference that enables html reader. (not sure if
this is the answer, but I have a vague memory of this coming up on the list)
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Hi Wayne,
There is a return in the subject line. I can force this on my own
computer using an AppleScript that puts in a return, but the problem is
not with you, but the sender.
You don't even need an applescript, just paste in a subject that has a
return. Cool trick!
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you happy!
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percent response rate.
*
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Hi Thomas,
Strange: all of a sudden command+H will not hide PM5. Anyone else having
the same problem?
I've occasionally had this happen with both PM and Safari in OSX. Try a
restart, see if that fixes things.
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capabilities require a single database, but
I'm not sure. I do think that PM's search is way better than anything
else out there, if so this is a big argument in favor of a single database.
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Hi PowerMail,
With the new beta, when I delete a message by clicking on the trash can,
my next message is no longer selected. I do have this option turned on
in Preferences. Is this a bug?
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