Hello Adam, Sunday, September 7, 2003, 8:28:54 PM, you wrote:
A>>>>> I wonder if you have tried such a solution. Or have you tried A>>>>> some other method to create an archive, and either succeeded or A>>>>> failed at it? MW>>>> I archive my mailing lists using a manual filter that moves old MW>>>> messages to an archive folder, which is located on another drive. Dare A>>> So are you moving like all the mail. Like a null string for the A>>> Filtering String? MW>> Did you mean to reply to the list? A> You mean, just now? I thought I'd PM (private mail) just so I'd A> understand the details, and how it relates to the goal, before A> continuing the thread on-line. MW>> My mailing lists are in common folders so I've created a read message MW>> filter that searches for [EMAIL PROTECTED] (for this list) MW>> and moves messages older than 90 days (or whatever). This feature is in MW>> the Advanced tab. To archive, I right-click on the folder and select MW>> Re-filter Messages. A> I think I tried a filter to try archiving. But it took like 10 A> minutes, or half hour or something. Rather long. Should take that long. Maybe first time will be a little longer but not 10 or more minutes. Have you run the Folder Maintenance Centre? A>>> Does the process produce duplicates? MW>> None, the messages are moved. A> Ah. Sounds like you are just dividing sections of messages. Perhaps A> parcelling off some older messages, just into a section more A> cultivated for older messages maybe. As opposed to maintaining a A> complete archive off from the main store, or list mail from TBUDL, for A> example. I guess so. However, between the two folders I have a complete archive. I don't need a single archive folder as TB! can search selected folders as if they're all together. MW>> TB! is great for searching so I decided not to buy Mailbag Assistant. A> Yep. MA seems to have a different model for how you'll be operating. What I really would like is some way of automating the archiving process. A> The archiving topic has turned up a lot on TBUDL. But mostly they A> recommended MA. And the within-TB solutions were not terribly well A> described. So I felt there may be a hole in my knowledge somewhere, A> and thought I'd probe. I can't see any benefit in having MBA - TB! seems to manager mail better and is really fast at searching. M -- Best regards, Martin Webster http://www.martinwebster.info/ ,----- [ Make Trade Fair ] | Leaders of the world's richest nations meet in Cancun on 10th September | 2003. Oxfam is presenting them with a petition to make trade | fair. Be sure your voice is heard. Sign the 'Big Noise' petition to | make trade fair at: http://www.maketradefair.com/go/join/?p=omf1. `-----
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