Hi
On Monday 3 July 2017 at 9:34:50 AM, in <mid:106038074.20170703183...@sunnysydney.com>, Tom wrote:- > I wish there was an easy way to archive old emails > in a way that they > are stored in a static way outside of the active > program or database. This is what I do. I got the idea from MAU on this list about ten years ago, and I may as well paste in his description:- On Wednesday 10 January 2007 at 1:32:49 PM, in <mid:50628043.20070110143...@rancho-k.com>, MAU wrote:- > Hello Lex, >> Is there a way i can do this or something very >> similar in the bat! ? > Similar and from my POV even better and easier. I got > the idea from > someone else (don't remember who), but this is what I > do: > - I have a password protected account (will explain > later why it is > password protected) that I call 'Archive'. > - This Archive account duplicates the folder tree > structure of my main > account. Actually, it just duplicates the folder I do > want to archive. > - In the Properties/General of each of the folders of > my main account > that I want to archive, I tick the option 'Keep > messages in the vase for > (days)' and enter the NN number of days. > - In Properties/Deletion, I tick the 'Use folder > specific deletion > settings' option. > - Then, for 'Alternative deletion' I select 'Move to > the specified > folder' and, of course, I browse to select the > corresponding folder in > the 'Archive account'. > - And also tick the box for 'Use alternative deletion > for purging this > folder'. > And that is it. As I have said, I do this in each of > the folder I do > want to archive. Now, when every night I run ?folder > Maintenance with > the Purge and Compress option, the 'old messages' in > each folder are > automagically moved to the corresponding folder in > the Archive account. > What's the benefit of doing this? Well, as I said at > the beginning, the > Archive account is password protected. This way, when > you start TB, it > will not open any password protected account and > 'waste time' in opening > each of it folders. Only when I need to find an > archived message is when > I select my Archive account, enter the password and > open it. > One other thing I do to easily remember which folders > I have set up for > 'automatic archiving' is to assign these folders to > an 'Archive Colour > Groups' (blue in my case). This way, I can easily see > in my folder tree > which folder do have an corresponding archive one. > I'm really happy with this set-up. -- Best regards MFPA <mailto:2014-667rhzu3dc-lists-gro...@riseup.net> James, while John had had 'had', had had 'had had'. 'Had had' had had a better effect on the teacher. Using The Bat! v7.4.16.14 (BETA) on Windows 10.0 Build 14393 ________________________________________________ Current version is 7.1 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
