On Wed, Dec 29, 20043:41 PM, the following words from Sean McBride [EMAIL PROTECTED], emerged from a plethora of SPAM ...
>I have to agree with Hiro. Keeping the message and attachment together >would be very useful. It has often happened to me that I search for some >old message, but then the attachment is missing, either because I deleted >it accidently, deliberately, or moved it, or whatever. > >If PM kept a directory structure the same as the different mail folders, >that would be great. Then one could easily delete attachments from >certain mailing lists, the spam folder, etc. I agree that having attachments saved to specific folders matching the message the attachment(s) accompanied would be useful. For most of the attachments I anticipate receiving, I create a filter that sends the attachment to a specific Finder folder. All other attachments go immediately to the trash. It's the unexpected attachments that cause me to hunt in the Finder that I don't like. I keep having to modify my filters because of the attachments. I don't care to have all unfiltered attachments dumped into a disorganized limbo folder. If it were possible to activate an AppleScript as a PM schedule, it would be possible to create an AppleScript that moves files in the attachment folder, creates logs of new files, etc. Using folder actions would act upon each new file (whether the file was completely downloaded or not) and would be too much of an interruption. With Emailer, I had created AppleScripts that ran on schedules to check specific folders for new messages and performed actions accordingly - but just once. For instance, if 3 new messages from my friend Jan arrived, it would wait until all new messages were downloaded, count the unread messages from Jan, play a specific "Jan" sound, announce that files were attached, and keep a log of the events. Whether I'm across the room or in the next room, I could "Hear" whether Jan sent me the file(s) I'd been waiting for without continually running a background application or acting on each individual message. cheshirekat -- "Apple makes Windows apps about as often as Microsoft ships bug-free products, and if iTunes for Windows (free) is any indication, that's a crying shame," writes the PC World editors for the "2004 World Class Awards." * 867 PowerBook G4 * OS X 10.2.8 * 768 MB Ram * * Addictions: iTunes * AppleScript * iLife 4 * FileMaker Pro *
