powermail-discuss Digest #2741 - Thursday, November 22, 2007
Re: Restore PM from Backup ?
by "Irene" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Re: Restore PM from Backup ?
by "Barbara Needham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Can't hide PM on Intel anymore?
by "Matthias Schmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Re: Restore PM from Backup ?
by "MB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
HTML-only to text conversion working now?
by "MB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
DeleteDups script available, feedback welcome
by "MB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Re: problem with PM search function
by "PowerMail Engineering" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Re: Restore PM from Backup ?
From: "Irene" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 21:30:40 +0100
on 21 Nov 2007 19:14:05, "MB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Irene sa said:
>>With ClarisEmailer I
>>would replace the outdated Mail Database and Mail Index transfered from
>>the clone with the most recent versions which were backed up separately.
>outdated? Doesn't the clone include the PM DB? Why separately?
The clone does include a PM DB but it is about a month old (from when I
last cloned my HD to my external drive). Therefore the PM DB on the
clone is outdated in comparison to the current PM DB on my HD. I will
backup my current PM separately to be able to replace the outdated PM
which will be on my HD after I've cloned back from my external drive.
>>Can I do this with PM ? Any advice would be appreciated.
>Yes, if I understand you correctly you can just move the PowerMail Files
>folder and, if it's in a new path, you can point PM to it. This is done
>by holding down Cmd, I think, during upstart or change environment from
>the Archivemenu.
I can't seem to get the holding down Cmd to work, but thanks for
pointing me to user environment. I'm new to PM and had not yet
investigated this capability. I've just done a test and it seems I can
put another PowerMail Files folder inside my existing PowerMail Files
Folder, then open PM and switch user environment to this new PM Files
Folder. I've also tried completely replacing my current PM Files folder
with a different one and it works. So it appears that I will be able to
get an up to date PM DB onto my HD with either of these methods.
----Irene
---Irene
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Subject: Re: Restore PM from Backup ?
From: "Barbara Needham" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2007 16:46:28 -0800
Irene on 11/21/07 said
>I can't seem to get the holding down Cmd to work, but thanks for
>pointing me to user environment. I'm new to PM and had not yet
>investigated this capability. I've just done a test and it seems I can
>put another PowerMail Files folder inside my existing PowerMail Files
>Folder, then open PM and switch user environment to this new PM Files
>Folder. I've also tried completely replacing my current PM Files folder
>with a different one and it works. So it appears that I will be able to
>get an up to date PM DB onto my HD with either of these methods.
It's command option for various first aid items on Power Mail. Hold down
the keys first then open PM.
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Barbara Needham
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Subject: Can't hide PM on Intel anymore?
From: "Matthias Schmidt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 11:13:55 +0900
Hello,
I updated my hardware from G4 to Intel.
Everything went very smooth, but now I can't hide PM anymore.
Actually, windows do hide, besides the browser window.
And when I gring PM to the front again, the Menu bar won't come to the front.
I'm using Pathfinder and ASM.
Any ideas ?
Thanks and all the best
Matthias
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Subject: Re: Restore PM from Backup ?
From: "MB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 08:24:49 +0100
Irene said:
>I can't seem to get the holding down Cmd to work, but thanks for
>pointing me to user environment.
No, Cmd was wrong. Actually the easiest way, if PM is not running, is to
doubleclick the "Message Database" fiel inside the PowerMail Files
folder that one wants to peruse.
Mikael
Tech facts:
PM 5.5.3 Swedish/SpamSieve 2.6.4 Swedish | OS X 10.4.8 | Powerbook
G4/400 Mhz | 1GB RAM | 80GB HD
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Subject: HTML-only to text conversion working now?
From: "MB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 08:41:11 +0100
I it just my messages or has the long wished for HTML to text
functionality silently been implemented even on email source that is
HTML _only_ (that is no plain text multipart)?
When I display HTML messages of such HTMl-only messages as plain text,
_all_ the vital info (though not the formatting), inlcuding such things
as web URLs, that in the source is within HTML tags, is now in plain text.
I just love it! For many messages I'll keep viewing them in HTML, but
for those I just want the basics from I sure will turn'em to plain text
more often.
So now I only need a script that takes HTML attachments and turn those
to plain text and put them in the message body. I have some mailing
lists that put HTML messages as attachments to empty bodies, so that
would make them more useful. Anyone else into that idea?
Mikael
Tech facts:
PM 5.5.3 Swedish/SpamSieve 2.6.4 Swedish | OS X 10.4.8 | Powerbook
G4/400 Mhz | 1GB RAM | 80GB HD
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Subject: DeleteDups script available, feedback welcome
From: "MB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 12:55:26 +0100
Anyone that needs my DeleteDups script can get it by request from my new
emailaddress: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
DeleteDups attempts to identify messages duplicates based on header
information and keeps one copy and moves the duplicate copy including
attachments to the trash.
I'd like to put it online, but I'd really need some user feedback before
I do. Mainly I'd like to make sure there aren't any serious bugs of any
kinds.
The only issue I've had myself is that there seems to be a practical
upper limit on how many messages one can process at one time. I usually
set for 2-3000 or so at maximum, but then I only have a slow TiBook.
I please ask that any current users report back to me how it works for them.
Also for you scripters, any suggestions on how to adapt a progress
indicator for simple script like this would be most welcome.
Thank you.
Mikael
Tech facts:
PM 5.5.3 Swedish/SpamSieve 2.6.4 Swedish | OS X 10.4.8 | Powerbook
G4/400 Mhz | 1GB RAM | 80GB HD
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Subject: Re: problem with PM search function
From: "PowerMail Engineering" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 13:45:02 +0100
MB wrote:
>>Deleting the index manually does not rebuild it, and PowerMail's
>>database becomes out of sync
>
>So what does happen with the index if it is deleted or become corrupt
>and must be thrown away? Does it only partially index the DB? What if it
>is deleted, doesn't that mean PM builds something at start of the app?
>As far as I can recall, this is the impression the dialog gives after an
>index deletion, i e that the search index is being rebuilt (sorry if
>this not correct, I don't want to move it just to check).
PowerMail proposes to rebuild the search index when it detects that is
corrupted. If the search index has been completely deleted, or if it is
corrupted in a way that can't be detected at startup, you will have a
partial index, or an unusable index; you will have to rebuild it from
the First Aid dialog.
Jérôme - CTM Engineering
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