On or near 1/14/2001 1:09 PM, Jeff Porten at [EMAIL PROTECTED]
observed:
> I'm on a number of mailing lists with heavy traffic. Sometimes I respond to
> or start a thread, and then forget to read the replies. What I'd like is to
> have incoming messages that follow up on one of my messages to be
> categorized and colored with a stand-out color.
>
> The best way I can think of is to have a rule on outgoing messages that add
> outgoing subjects to a list. Incoming messages get compared against this
> list and colored if there's a match. There should also be an expiration, to
> avoid messages in three weeks getting matched when they shouldn't.
>
> Best way I can think of to maintain this list is with a persistent variable
> in an AppleScript. Anyone have any better ideas?
>
I think it <could> be simpler if you ran a script with a recurring schedule.
Have that script scan your list folder(s) looking for incoming messages that
have a link to an outgoing message sent by you. (Links of this kind are made
automatically by Entourage.) Such messages would have a special category
assigned (if not already assigned) by the script.
This would not flag messages immediately. But I'd guess that if it ran every
ten minutes or so, it would be enough; or you could run the script/schedule
manually any time you wanted to update things.
Come to think of it, you can create a Custom View for all folders that
selects "Specific Header" "In-Reply-To" contains <youremail@address>. Just
tried it; it works.
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