Many thanks for the clarification.

- Winston

PowerMail Engineering wrote:

>Winston Weinmann wrote:
>
>>Thank you for your work around. I will admit, however, that I do not
>>fully follow the method for changes using Text Wrangler. What do these mean:
>>>Search For: [x] Use Grep
>>
>>>[x] Muti-File Search
>>(maybe this would be clear if I had a copy of Text Wrangler)?
>
>This workaround requires performing a batch find & replace operation on
>multiple files (as you may have tens or hundreds mail folders), using a
>regular expression (aka grep). TextWrangler can do this and is free.
>
>>Second, does Mail /export/ Read/Unread status?
>
>AFAIK, Mail does not export its database.
>
>>You say Mail ignores Read/Unread status when importing - is this why
>>PowerMail does not appear to export Read/Unread status for Mail? What
>>about the other formats? (Eudora, Unix, Tab Text, etc.) Why doesn't
>>PowerMail export Read/Unread status for these?
>
>As I said, the "Status" header is not a standard one, and is probably
>used for the status on the server. There is no standard I know for the
>local status in a mailbox file.
>
>
>Jérôme - CTM Engineering
>
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