Paul,
Even finding and collecting all the unread mail and putting it all in
one place is a mammoth task (hundreds of nested folders, etc, as below),
and filters do not get all mail filed where it belongs - while I do have
several dozen filters to handle the majority of mail, I actually file
many things *gasp* by hand ;-)
No, I can't really envision any sort of workaround here - I need for the
read flags to be respected, in place.
Still haven't heard anything from CTM on this issue - is there some
reason the read flags aren't being exported? Am I using the wrong export
format?
Steve
On 9/21/07 at 12:49 AM, Paul Collett ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said:
>Regarding the idea of moving all the unread mail into a temp directory,
>doing the transfer to Mail app and then transferring the unread messages
>back to their original folders - once you set up/transfer over all the
>current filters you're using to deal with your mail, won't you be able
>to apply them to the temp folder and get the unread messages back where
>they belong?
>
>Paul
>
>On Tue, 18 Sep 2007 21:49:37 -0500 Steve Abrahamson wrote:
>
>>On 9/18/07 at 6:57 PM, Ben Kennedy ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said:
>>
>>>Steve Abrahamson wrote at 11:07 AM (-0500) on 9/14/07:
>>>
>>>>I'm trying to move an account over to Mail (partially in an effort to
>>>>dodge the 2 gig limit that looms on the nearing horizon), and when I
>>>>drag a folder out to the Desktop, and then import it into Mail, all the
>>>>mail comes in as unread.
>>>
>>>Hey Steve,
>>>
>>>I don't use Apple Mail, but is there not some way (as there is in
>>>PowerMail) to select a range of messages and then mark them as unread?
>>>Wouldn't that solve the problem?
>>>
>>>Alternatively, if the issue is that you have a mix of read and unread
>>>messages in PM whose statuses you wish to preserve, I would suggest
>>>creating additional temp folder[s], moving the unread messages to there
>>>for the export, and then re-adjusting their statuses accordingly once in
>>>Apple Mail.
>>
>>Ben,
>>
>>Thanks for your thoughts. The idea is to preserve the read/unread status
>>where the messages reside.
>>
>>I have over 100 nested folders, somewhere between 50k-100k emails, and
>>the read and unread are interspersed throughout. Creating an "unread"
>>folder and moving all unread mail there, then putting it back, would be
>>a massive undertaking.
>>
>>Steve
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>
>
Steve Abrahamson
Ascending Technologies
FileMaker 7 & 8 Certified Developer
http://www.asctech.com
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
