This true, the recent mail window (RMW hereafter, since I'm a very lazy typist) is cleared when PM quits (whether that be intentionally or 'unexpectedly'). This subject is similar to a previous one much debated on this list, namely that of Flagging. Some people want the ability to Flag messages to make the easily relocatable, some see it as an unnecessary bloating of PM's lean, mean, streamlined functionality. Without wanting to re-ignite the argument, I would humbly suggest that perhaps a good half-way house would be an ability to mark chosen messages in the RMW with a "retain between sessions" checkbox (or similar). Messages so marked would remain in the RMW even after quitting PM, until being unmarked. This would provide an easy way to return to messages that require responses or whatever, even though they have been filed in folders by filters and even after they have been read (and are therefore no longer bold).
The more I think about it the more I believe that this would be a great feature -- it would certainly make things much easier for me. Since all my mail is auto-sorted by filters into various folders (numbering in the hundreds and nested to boot), I tend to use the RMW as a 'things to reply to' file. But it's not really well suited to that. Having the ability to mark a message so that it stayed in the RMW between quits, and even after clicking the "Clear all recent mail" button (the red X) would add a great deal of functionality for a small about of interface clutter, IMHO. Just for what it's worth. Cheers all; Rick -- G4/500 MHz (DP) :: OS X 10.2.6 :: 768 MB RAM PM 4.1.3 :: 3 pane mode <www.sharkattack.co.uk> -- Original message: Received from Barbara Needham on 1/9/03 at 10:58 pm >>Several times lately the recent mail window doesn't display large >>downloads (100+) of new mail or alternatively display initially, but not >>on next run of the app. They have not been removed by myself. Last night >>I had 1756 new messages on 3 accounts (bad free accounts clearly with one >>month of messages) and they were all visible in recent mail. Today after >>I have shutdown and restarted one time, they are all gone from the recent >>mail window, though they are still found in their respective folder. I >>certainly didn't remove them, so what's going on?. >> >>Where is the data in the recent mail window stored? What could make it >>stop working? Anyone have an idea? >>I'd like to file a bug report when I've experienced this in 4.2 as well, >>but I'd like to hear if I'm alone with this experience or not. So, am I >>really the first? > >I think that is the way "Recent Mail" is supposed to work. It only shows >what you have received since you started up a session of Power Mail until >you close it. Once you close it, it isn't "Recent Mail" anymore. The next >session of Power Mail will start a new "Recent Mail" window. This is the >way most applications work, that I have seen. > >For instance, in MacSoup if I select to see "New" messages I will see all >messages that came in since I opened the program. Upon closing the >program these messages are not new anymore. If I open the program without >downloading anything, "new" will be empty. > >So yes, when you shut down and re-start, it does change your Recent Mail >window; as it should.
