On Sun 8-Aug-04 11:30am -0400, Pete Holsberg wrote: > Saturday, August 7, 2004, 11:15:51 PM, you wrote: >> On Sat 7-Aug-04 6:02pm -0400, Pete Holsberg wrote:
>>> I'm having trouble with a filter. Perhaps someone can spot >>> my error. >> I've not tested your filter with "refilter." I used it with your >> hotkey. It appears to work fine with the minor modifications I >> mention below. > To test the filter, did you select a folder before hitting the > hot key combo? Did you select any messages? Yes, I selected the message(s) I wanted to "harvest" and hit the hotkey. >>> Rule >>> ---- >>> >>> Source: Inbox\04-01 >>> Move messages to folder: Inbox\04-01A >> Using the hotkey, leave these at their defaults. > How does the filter know which folder to filter? It only filters selected messages. If you actually need to filter an entire folder, click on any message followed by Ctrl-a (select all) before pressing the hotkey. >>> Filtering strings: >>> Strings From: >>> Location Sender >>> Presence Yes >> There's no need, with hotkeys, to add a filter for your harvesting >> action. > I don't understand. Without a filter, how do I copy > the email address of each sender to a specific group > of an address book? You do need a filter. You don't need re-filter. The hotkey activates your filter. >>> Active - checked >>> Manual only - not checked >> Check Manual also. > Why? To use your hotkey. >>> I close this, go to the Inbox\04-01, click Folder > >>> Re-filter. It says that it filtered N messages, but when I >>> look at the AB, nothing has been added. >> If you actually want to process all the mail in a folder, just use >> ctrl-a to select all before your hotkey. The normal use, however, >> would be to press your hotkey on a message whose sender you want added >> to your AB. > The whole point is to grab ALL the from addresses from ALL the messages > in a folder. Hmm, by your inclusion of a hotkey, I assumed you normal use was to select the messages and hit the hotkey - that's how I use a similar filter. It's a simple matter to select all messages in a folder then press the hotkey it the rare (in my case) need to do so. This approach involves to message movement and no rule is required. -- Best regards, Bill ________________________________________________ Current version is 2.12.00 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
