On 6/18/04 9:59 AM, "Tom Chirpich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In Entourage 2004, if I change the priority of all the messages in a folder > to "high," then drag that folder to the desktop and finally re-import that > mbox file, some of the imported messages have their priority set and some > don't. > > (This is not a critical issue since I'm only labeling all the messages in a > folder with a priority as part of an attempt to track down a possibly > corrupt message; I discovered this irregular maintenance of priority only > incidentally.) Is there a pattern? Priority - as opposed to Flag - is really meant to be applied by the sender, not the recipient. It's actually in the headers for the message when applied by the sender, but not in the headers when applied by the recipient. (In fact, I'm a little surprised that the Message menu even allows you to do so. You'll notice there's no Options/Priority button when displaying a received message in the preview pane or its own window. You have to go seek it out in the message window.) When you drag messages and folders out to the desktop, the MBOX file loses all such "status" indicators that Entourage adds when you receive a message. When you drag them back in again, they'll again show up if they correspond to anything in the message headers, but not otherwise. For example, you'll see that "Received" date and time are now all the date and time you imported them back in, not the original date and time you received them. Certain other indicators - e.g. the "Resent" icon for sent messages you resent - will also be missing, I think, as will "Flagged". Others - like "Forwarded" will be replicated. My guess would be that any priority set by the original sender, which is in the headers, will be replicated when re-importing, and any priority you've reset yourself on received messages will be missing. Possible? -- Paul Berkowitz MVP Entourage Entourage FAQ Page: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/faq/index.html> AppleScripts for Entourage: <http://macscripter.net/scriptbuilders/> PLEASE always state which version of Entourage you are using - **2004**, X or 2001. It's often impossible to answer your questions otherwise. -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
