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 > > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- > "FoxTrot is enormously superior to Spotlight. (...) Much more efficient > than Spotlight in narrowing down search results to highlight just the > ones you want. (...) Absolutely first class product." > FoxTrot Personal Search user comment on www.versiontracker.com > > > Download a demo version from www.foxtrot.ch >---------------------------------------------------------------------

