Hi Frank, I think you are misunderstanding the problem. But I do appreciate the effort. :)
>Hello Barbara and Evie, > >I suspect I don't know any more than you do - or understand any better! I >came into this discussion a bit late so am not sure what has been >suggested before. > >You suggested that Evie try to find the attachments somewhere on her hard >drive and I was trying to help her to do this. > >Like you (presumably), I suspected that she might have inadvertently >designated a folder other than the default ^/Mail/Power Mail Files/ >Attachments to collect her attachments. > >If the attachments are nowhere to be found, my next question would have >been to ask Evie if she could have trashed the emails and emptied the >trash without first moving the attachments out of the default folder. As >you know, this would have automatically deleted the attachments along >with the emails. > >(To avoid this, I have created an 'Attachments OK' folder next to the >above default folder and move the attachments that I want to keep into it.) > >Another possibility is that some email groups automatically delete all >attachments from messages to avoid transmitting viruses, but I don't know >whether Evie's messages came from such a group or not. > >Good luck, Evie, >Regards, >Frank > >>Frank, see below; I think I misunderstood her question and perhaps you >>can figure out what she should do: >> >>Frank Mitchell on 4/28/05 said >> >>>Hello Evie, >>> >>>>Evie Leder on 4/27/05 said >>>> >>>>>Hi, >>>>> >>>>>I'm sorry about asking this again, but I am perplexed and frustrated. >>>>> >>>>>Jerome said: >>>>> >>>>>>extracted and saved in your PowerMail attachment >>>>>>folder >>>>> >>>>>This never happened, they did not get imported into PM. Now what? >>>>> >>>>>Please help? >>>> >>>>OK... a couple of questions. Do you know where these attachments are at >>>>all? Are they completely lost, or can you identify a folder that they are >>>>in. That's just a beginning question to start from. >>> >>>The names of the attachments should still be listed at the bottom of the >>>emails to which they were attached. >>> >>>Do a Find (command - f) on your hard drive for one of more of the >>>name(s). If you still have them they will probably all be in the same >folder. > >-- Frank Mitchell, Scottsdale, Arizona > > > >
