As much as you desire to kept them all in PowerMail, I would strongly suggest that you consider the eMA archive solution. You do not need to own FileMaker, if you switch email client, eMA works with all the major clients, and is not dependent on your staying with any particular client. eMA will maintain your folder list. I have had 4 email clients and all the email I felt I needed to save is in eMA now.
Midi Greg caused electrons to sail in cyberspace with: >Well, a recent experience of upgrading Powermail when I lost a TON of >email convinced me that I need to have an archive account... > >But, I don't want to forward everything.. I only want to forward emails >which are not junk mail (aka emails which have been moved into a folder). > One of the biggest problems is now I have over 500 filters in place and >I have to go in and change each one of them... ;-( > >Any change to the headers or email body is not acceptable, because if I >loose my email again, I need to re-download everything and it needs to >remain exactly like the original. > > >I manage approximately 20 email accounts with Powermail and they receive >a HUGE amount of junk email.. So I always download and delete everything >from the server... Then I want to forward/redirect what are really good >emails somewhere else so that I can get at them later if I ever switch >email programs or have a problem with an upgrade like I did last time... > > >I just feel like I'm swimming against the tide here trying to make this >do what I need... <sigh> > > >- Greg > > > >>well, it's a workaround and not ideal: when forwarding, forward a copy to >>yourself. it will come back to you and you will need to remember that you >>have seen it already and not to reforward it and blablabla. not elegant. >> >>guess the basic question is, why so complicated and forwarding to an >>archive account? why not just an apple script which sets it to a specific >>account and filters it into its own folder right where you are? >> >>when you forward, it does not quote btw, it only quotes when you hit >>reply. but it does put in a FWD and the header/footer info of begin/end >>forwarded message. >> >>most easy way would be to have only the archive account download and >>DELETE emails from the server. So you just get the files, and >>attachments, i.e. download them but no forwarding, nothing. When you are >>on your archive system, you download AND delete the messages from the >>server. can be set in the preferences. even set to delete messages older >>than etc. I use this system with my powerbook and desktop machine and >>that works well. >> >>---marlyse > > >
