Steve - Also, near as I can tell, PowerMail exports no flag for Sent or Draft mail. So there is no way to tell them apart in an export. This could be a problem for people who use draft messages as notes.
Would using Emailchemy solve your problem? - Winston Winston Weinmann wrote: >Steve - > >I tried my suggestion to export test files using the various export >formats PowerMail supports. I tried Eudora, Mail, Unix, PowerMail >Exchange, Tab Text and Tab Text UTF8. I had one Read message and one >Unread message in each export. > >In every case PowerMail had this for both messages: > Status: U >Below is a simplified version of what the Unix export shows. > >Maybe this is why CTM has not responded. PowerMail does not export Read/ >Unread flags properly. It sets them all to Unread. > >While I love PowerMail, it has some bugs in it that are like beta level >software. CTM should be embarrassed, and probably is. > > >Can anyone help with a script? (Maybe a modification of the "Change >subject" script that adds a Read flag to those messages?) > > >- Winston > > >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 >Status: U >From: "user" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "user" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: Export Test - Unread >Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 21:29:43 -0400 >X-Mailer: CTM PowerMail version 5.5.3 build 4480 English (PPC) > >Export test for UN-read mail. > > >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 >Status: U >From: "user" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: "user" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Export Test - Read >Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2007 21:29:07 -0400 >X-Mailer: CTM PowerMail version 5.5.3 build 4480 English (PPC) > >Export test for read mail. > > > > >Steve Abrahamson wrote: > >>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 >>> >>> >>> >> >> >>Steve Abrahamson >>Ascending Technologies >>FileMaker 7 & 8 Certified Developer >> http://www.asctech.com >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> > > >
