Evie Leder on 4/28/05 said >Rick, > >That's what I thought, too. But, I tried moving an attachment to the new >folder. I quit and restarted PM. The link in the email still reads:
Ahh... I think I see. Rick did not say, quit and restart PowerMail. He said de-select and re-select the MESSAGE. Does that work? On one e-mail and its lost or not-lost attachment? > >This message has the following attachments: > file://localhost/Users/evie/Library/Mail/Attachments/2004-10001%20- >%20Evie%20Leder.pdf > >But it is not greyed out, but it does not link to the new location. I >tried using the "Reattach lost attachments" but no luck. If I move the >file back to the path in the above link, it works again. > >Thanks again for the replies. :) > >Evie > >>Evie, I think you may be worrying unnecessarily! If the attachments exist >>as files and those files are already linked to the emails in PowerMail >>(and those links are live, ie. not greyed out) the you should be home and >>dry, because PM should keep track of the attachments as you move them around. >> >>There is something to note here however: if you have a message selected >>and move its attachment in the finder, the attachment in PM will become >>greyed out. "Oh no!"you think, "It's lost the link!". But it hasn't >>deselect the message and reselect it again, and you'll see that your >>attachment link is as good as new, as PM has tracked its prey to its new >>location. >> >>So: IF your attachments are already linked to the correct emails, my bet >>is that if you move the attachments PM will keep track of where they are. >>Try it with just one and see. >> >>Hope this helps; >>Rick >> >>-- >>G5 2GHz x2 :: 2GB RAM :: 10.3.8 :: PM 5.1 :: 3 pane mode >> >>-- >>Original message: >>Received from Evie Leder on 28/4/05 at 7:20 pm >> >>>Hi, >>> >>>The attachments are located in the Home->Library->Mail->Attachments folder >>> >>>The emails are LINKED to the attachments. At the bottom of the email >>>there is a link that says: >>> >>>This message has the following attachments: >>> file://localhost/Users/evie/Library/Mail/Attachments/2004-10001%20- >>>%20Evie%20Leder%231.pdf >>> >>>But, I see this as a problem. I want them to be in my PM attachments >>>folder. Plus, recently I had to re-install ALL of my software, and >>>inadvertantly did not back up Mail, because, well, I don't use Mail. >>>Luckily I had a backup and was able to restore all of my old attachments. >>>Jerome said that PM should import all of the attachments, but it did not. >>>And now I am months into using PM and my attachments, while still >>>attached, live in Mail's attachments folder. Not good. >>> >>>Does that help explain it a bit better? >>> >>>All new incoming attachments DO go into the PM Attachments folder. >>> >>>I'd like to move all the attachments to PM attachments folder, but will >>>have to relink them 1 by 1, right? >>> >>>Thanks for replying! >>>Evie >>> >> >> >> >> > > > -- Barbara Needham
