On 6/4/05 1:40 PM, "Remo Del Bello" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On 6/3/05 1:13 AM, Scott Haneda deftly typed out:
> 
>> I don't have access to SL here now, but I would be curious what happens if
>> you run:
>> SetFile -t TEXT foo.eml
>> on a email file, and would setting the file type from M822 to TEXT break it
>> from working with e-rage again?
> 
> Setting the file type to "TEXT" lets Spotlight index the file (at least
> after running 'mdimport -f /path/to/file_or_directory'). It breaks
> Entourage's ability to open the message correctly, as Entourage ends up
> believing the file is an mbox file rather than an rfc822 file.

Instead of that, just change the extension to .txt .  Spotlight indexes it
immediately, but because you haven't changed the file type (M822) or creator
type (OPIM), double-clicking it still opens it as a message in Entourage.

-- 
Paul Berkowitz
MVP MacOffice
Entourage FAQ Page: <http://www.entourage.mvps.org/faq/index.html>
AppleScripts for Entourage: <http://macscripter.net/scriptbuilders/>

PLEASE always state which version of Microsoft Office you are using -
**2004**, X  or 2001. It's often impossible to answer your questions
otherwise.


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