Re: Does CTM really exist or is the customer service just abysmal?
On 19-Nov-10, at 11:59 AM, Bob Parks wrote: Please reply publicly to this list, just to let us know someone is actually there! Bob Parks They are around, Bob. We get occasional responsive missives... -- John Snippe
Re: 2 GB limit
On 11-Nov-10, at 9:13 AM, Tobias Jung wrote: So I merely guessed that there might be people here who don't like thousands of message files, too. I like it (conceptually)... don't know that it has a benefit. Might even hurt as regards system performance, no? I just wish the files were clear .txt files, so the OS itself could search within the email content. -- John Snippe
Re: 2 GB limit
On 9-Nov-10, at 9:31 PM, Sean McBride wrote: Which email client are you all switching to? I'm not sure which to choose Currently using mail.app, but don't like it. I may try mailsmith. -- John Snippe
Re: 2 GB limit
On 5-Nov-10, at 3:13 PM, Paul Schneider wrote: Since I didn't get any reply to my mail from 22.10.2010, I now repeat my question: Are there plans to give up the 2 GB limit? P I saw the reply to that email... Synopsis: 1: no 2: use archive feature -- John Snippe
Re: Re(4): 2 GB limit
On 5-Nov-10, at 4:42 PM, Paul Schneider wrote: I'm fraid so too, but still I wanted to give it one last try before I pension off my constant companion PowerMail. There actually is life after PM, Paul. I had to leave it behind part- time for a year, as I had to split my time between two locations and only had one PM license (and didn't want to buy a second). That 'part time' finally ended up being full-time... I now no longer use PM. Still miss some of it's features, but one gets over such things ;) -- John Snippe
Re: multiple installs one database
On 8-Jul-10, at 8:10 AM, MB wrote: I didn't get there was multiple users, just multiple accounts. So this involves many users? To be accurate, it's currently two users and three computer locations... tho that could grow. IMAP could work, except that it's interfaces (eg: squirrelmail) tend to be so primitive, and lack control. Anyone here have experience with Mailsmith? -- John Snippe
Re: multiple installs one database
On 10-Jul-10, at 9:51 AM, Tobias Jung wrote: And Mailsmith doesn't work with a single database but individual files (one file for each message) and I don't know what will happen if you just sync those files between various computers. Actually, afaik the current iteration does indeed use a database rather than text-file system... it was apparently the first thing the developer changed in going from v2.2 to v2.2.5 once BareBones let it go. It's one of the things that somewhat disappointed me about this new version as I am kinda-sorta still old-school about liking text files ;-) It would actually not be a 'sync' issue per se, if I set up the user database in the Dropbox folder, and alias that folder to the various installs (I think...) That's something I am hoping to test, in any event. I feel so unfaithful having this discourse here... BTW: the sales department did get through to me this AM with a multi- license promo coupon... thanks, Chantal ;-) -- John Snippe
Re: multiple installs one database
On 10-Jul-10, at 10:57 AM, Tobias Jung wrote: No, it's the other way round: While the old version used a database (or maybe mbox files with a single file for each mail folder, can't remember at the moment) the current version indeed stores an individual file for each message. MyBad... you are absolutely right. I could use Coda to browse my email ;-) Do you know if there is a trick to getting Mailsmith to resolve aliases? I am attempting to store the 'user dababase' outside the default location, and the docs say this is possible, but so far no joy... -- John Snippe
multi-license discount
I filled in the form asking for a promo code for multi-license discounting on the ctmdev website, but nobody seems to be listening... are they on holidays? -- John Snippe
Re: multiple installs one database
On 8-Jul-10, at 6:43 AM, MB wrote: That could be said, however this is ruling out PowerMail as a client IMHO as the IMAP-support is very basic. But this does depend on the amount of traffic of course. I do check webmail accounts with more sporadic traffic via IMAP in PowerMail Yes, that's an option I am looking at. We have Squirrel on the server... but it's REALLY not pwermail, is it?!? I wonder if environments will help with the corruption issue... it could limit database access to a 'one user - multiple points of access' situation, which would stop update collisions and that inherent risk of corruption. Yes/no? -- John Snippe
Re: Archive?
On 7-Jul-10, at 1:30 AM, MB wrote: Here's one: http://www.mail-archive.com/powermail- disc...@ctmdev.com/ Thanks -- John Snippe
multiple installs one database
I am needing to be able to access email and other files from various locations, and have set up a Dropbox account to facilitate that (1: http://www.dropbox.com )... it maintains sync of files placed in it's folder between various locations using the same account via internet. Totally transparent and very nice. So my question is two-fold: it is possible to have 3 or more installs of Powermail be able to access a single database folder, and/or is it possible for more than one user to access a database folder at a time, or more specifically, is the database capable of autosave from multiple locations at the same time without corrupting? I ask this 'corruption' question because I already know, and it has been documented, that there is an issue in this regard using Dropbox with Filemaker, and we've had to take measures to ensure safety in that regard. Also: is it possible to have separate databases on a single install for different email accounts? Does this even make sense to you? It does to me, but I fear my explanation may be somewhat lacking... -- John Snippe 1: if this interests you, please sign in via this link... we both benefit: https://www.dropbox.com/link/39.3o5y9pUrUR?lk=7d217b1b71462635
Archive?
New (well, new again) to this list... it's been quite a few years at this point, I guess. Anyhow... I do not remember: is there an archive of past posts to this list? -- John Snippe
Re: Trying PM 5
On Mon, Apr 19, 2004, it is attributed to John Snippe to have said: BTW: what is the anticipated pricepoint to upgrade? Never mind. I read the readme. -- later, JS Silence is the virtue of fools. Sir Francis Bacon
Re: Trying PM 5
On Mon, Apr 19, 2004, it is attributed to John Snippe to have said: Does that answer your question? Sure does. Will pass on the beta ;-) Whoa. Offlist took a wee spike there! Will make a copy of the database, and try the beta. Soorryy! BTW: what is the anticipated pricepoint to upgrade? -- later, JS Then the Grinch thought of something he hadn't before! Maybe Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas... perhaps... means a little bit more! Dr. Seuss ...Grinch...
Re: Trying PM 5
On Mon, Apr 19, 2004, it is attributed to Ben Kennedy to have said: Will conversion of db's affect possible future post-beta use in 4.2? Once you upgrade your DB, it will no longer work in 4.2. Does that answer your question? Sure does. Will pass on the beta ;-) -- later, JS I still climb Mount Everest just as often as I used to. I play polo just as often as I used to. But to walk down to the hardware store I find a little bit more difficult Dr. Seuss on aging
Re: Wishlist - Signatures
On Sun, Apr 4, 2004, it is attributed to Tim Lapin to have said: That is why I propose to have signatures tied to both accounts AND address book entries. Thus if I'm mailing to a friend from this account, my standard signature shows up. If, instead, I'm mailing to this list, the signature you see below would automatically show up without me having to root through a bunch. Signature management is therefore no different, no harder and no less important, than address book or message management. Seconded. I actually like this idea a lot! -- later, JS The best armor is to keep out of range. Italian Proverb
Re: Wishlist - Signatures
Scott at [EMAIL PROTECTED] said on 5/4/04 5:03 pm These days, I generally find those bits of wisdom that many people insist on appending to their mail to be pretentious and cloying, frankly. pretentious and cloying... perfect. Thanks for appreciating! Had you only written it with more pithiness or poetic pantameter, I might have used it ad nauseum. Wanna try again? -- later, JS I learned there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead, and some come from behind. But I've bought a big bat. I'm all ready, you see. Now my troubles are going to have troubles with ME! Dr. Seuss.. ...Solla Sallew
Re: [Wishlist] Forward to...
On Tue, Mar 30, 2004, it is attributed to Wayne Brissette to have said: What's wrong with the current Forward option? You can add groups and people by entering parts of their name and/or address. Nothing 'wrong'. It would simply be more efficient. It's one of the bitties I miss from Eudora. I generally forward to a very small subset of my adress db. Along the same lines, a new email could have the same feature. How Eudora has that set up is as a checkbox field in the address database, and those members of that db who are 'checked' are added to the list, and are available as a 'forward to...' and 'new email to...' selection. Quite convenient, actually. Not, however, a solution to something 'wrong'... do added features have to be corrective to be valid? -- later, JS One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but cannot be taken away unless it is surrendered. Michael J. Fox
Re: PM and Spelling
On Mon, Mar 29, 2004, it is attributed to A-NO-NE Music to have said: It does fine for me. I can't live without it!! Do you Cmd+Shift+; which is OSX default? Oooh! I didn't know that one!! What spellchecker does that call? -- later, JS We see them come. We see them go. Some are fast. Some are slow. Some are high. And some are low. Not one of them is like another. Don't ask us why. Go ask your mother. Dr. Seuss ...Red Fish Blue Fish...
Re: PM and Spelling
On Mon, Mar 29, 2004, it is attributed to Chris Walker to have said: Hi all, Can anyone tell me how to set up Cocoaspell with PM? At the moment it seems to work in the background and flags up errors but does not offer any suggestions for corrections. If I use PM prefs to set up spelling as an external application then I am unable to find either CocoaSpell or Aspell, neither can I set up any spelling prefs. Thanks, Chris PM4.1.2 X 10.3.3 Not sure if this will help, but: I use Excalibur for spell-checking. Invoke it by selecting text ad hitting command = (no quotes). -- later, JS When you have given nothing, ask for nothing. Albanian Proverb
Re: Customizing the PowerMail UI
On Thu, Mar 25, 2004, it is attributed to Bob Salsburg to have said: I have admired PowerMail from afar for quite some time while using lots of other mail clients on the Mac and (lamentably), on Windows too. The one thing that has stopped me from using it beyound the demo, is he large orange/red envelope icons. I know this sounds a bit picky, but I prefer as little clutter as possible - seems always to be distracting. I haven't looked at the 4.2 version yet. Is there anything that can be done to edit or alter these icons? Sure. Command-I on the application icon itself. Single-click on the icon in the info window, and paste in anything you want. I suggest getting an icon-building utility (there are lots available) and creating the icon there before you paste ;-) -- later, JS Discretion in speech is more than eloquence. Sir Francis Bacon
Re: powermail-discuss Digest #1750 - 03/09/04
On Sat, Mar 13, 2004, it is attributed to Jay to have said: On 3/13/04, John declared: On Sat, Mar 13, 2004, it is attributed to matthew test to have said: TAKE ME OFF YOUR LISTUNSUBSCRIBE! no I am in complete agreement with John. LET'S NOT TAKE MATTHEW OFF THIS LIST! Actually, my 'no' was personal. He asked me (as a subscribed member) to take him off the list, which I cannot do. I felt it was only polite of me to let him know so. He's more than welcome to leave, as far as I am concerned, but it might be best if he were to ask someone who can actuate that, without bothering the several hundred (or three) of us here gathered. ;-) -- later, JS Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not. Dr. Seuss The Lorax
Re: powermail-discuss Digest #1750 - 03/09/04
On Sat, Mar 13, 2004, it is attributed to matthew test to have said: TAKE ME OFF YOUR LISTUNSUBSCRIBE! no
Re: Can I paste a picture into a message?
On Sat, Mar 13, 2004, it is attributed to Victor Eijkhout to have said: Like it says. It doesn't seem possible. I can attach, but not paste into the body. Which is precisely as it should be, IMHO ;-) -- later, JS When you have given nothing, ask for nothing. Albanian Proverb
Re: Spamsieve
On Sun, Mar 7, 2004, it is attributed to Jim Pistrang to have said: Absolutely! There are instructions in the SpamSieve documentation on how to do this. Basically, you set up a filter in PM to Execute the Applescript 'Spamsieve - Move if Spam'. Du-oh! And I even SAID I wanted it to act like a PM filter ;-) Thanks, Jim. -- later, JS The best armor is to keep out of range. Italian Proverb
Spamsieve
I have installed Spamsieve, and started adding to the Corpus, ect. Seems to work well. I have one question: Is it possible to have Spamsieve be enabled to work without user intervention? Currently I have to invoke actions via the 'scripts' menu... I would much prefer to have Spamsieve be able to do it's work, including moving what it considers spam to the Spam folder, without my interacting in the process. Basically, I want it to act like an überfilter ;-) -- later, JS I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence, I can reach for; perfection is God's business. Michael J. Fox
Re(2): download weirdness
On Fri, Mar 5, 2004, it is attributed to Marlyse Comte to have said: might be time to trash all PM cache or other PM preference files Where are they located? (I assume you did all of the common PM first aid options via option-cmd when launching PM). Not prior to reading this, no. However, I have now and no change. -- later, JS We must dare to think 'unthinkable' thoughts. We must learn to explore all the options and possibilities that confront us in a complex and rapidly changing world. We must learn to welcome and not to fear the voices of dissent. We must dare to think about 'unthinkable things' because when things become unthinkable, thinking stops and action becomes mindless. -James W. Fulbright
Re: download weirdness
On Fri, Mar 5, 2004, it is attributed to Derry Thompson to have said: If you use mail2web to DELETE those 11 emails you'll find that those phantom 3 will vanish. I did. They didn't. Just to be sure, I checked my email in PM, went to mail2web and checked, (it confirmed that the inbox on the server was empty) and checked w/ PM again. Same thing: 3 phantom downloads. -- later, JS ask not for whom the bell tolls... ...someone'll get the door
Re: download weirdness
On Fri, Mar 5, 2004, it is attributed to John Snippe to have said: -if I hit command-option-k again *immediately* after the process is done, PM reports that it is retrieving 3 (and only ever 3, and always 0.4K each) messages, but nothing ends up coming into the browser window, whether filtered or otherwise. I can repeat the above procedure ad infinitum (presumably ;-) ), and the 3 phantom retrieves will continue. It should be noted that these three phantom emails are all being pseudo- collected from the same account every time. -- later, JS If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts he shall end in certainties. Sir Francis Bacon
Re: download weirdness
On Fri, Mar 5, 2004, it is attributed to Derry Thompson to have said: Ideas? Hi John :) These are spam e-mails with zero content. You can delete them by using www.mail2web.com At least Powermail just ignores 'em, Outlook and the rest of the MS spawn crash when attempting to retrieve them. Cheers That's not it, tho it was interesting to use... there were 11 emails sitting there from an admin account. Wonder why they didn't get released? What happens on a mail check is this: -I hit command-option-k, which starts the process of retrieving and sending emails -the retrieval reports, for instance, that it is retrieving 7 messages, and goes about it's business. No problem, it would seem. -if I hit command-option-k again *immediately* after the process is done, PM reports that it is retrieving 3 (and only ever 3, and always 0.4K each) messages, but nothing ends up coming into the browser window, whether filtered or otherwise. I can repeat the above procedure ad infinitum (presumably ;-) ), and the 3 phantom retrieves will continue. -- later, JS Read not to contradict and confute, not to believe and take for granted, not to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. Sir Francis Bacon
download weirdness
I have an oddity here that is making me a bit nervous: every time I check email, I get the status bar showing me that it is downloading three messages (or more, but never fewer), yet those three never make it into any mailboxes... and I can check several times immediately in succession with the same sequence of events. Ideas? -- later, JS The cruelest lies are often told in silence. Robert Louis Stevenson
Re: clickable http addresses?
On Fri, Jan 30, 2004, it is attributed to gunnar madsen to have said: I'm new to powermail, liking it very much these first few days, BUT... I'd love for web links to be clickable. Surely there's some way to make that work? Hints, suggestions? tia, Gunnar Madsen -- Gee, Spot! Records http://www.gunnarmadsen.com I clicked on the link in your sig and got to your site... so I guess you get it ;-) Grammy nominee, eh? Very nice. I have a neighbour who is a perennial winner: Walt Ostanek. Polka is his schtick ;-) -- later, JS I still climb Mount Everest just as often as I used to. I play polo just as often as I used to. But to walk down to the hardware store I find a little bit more difficult Dr. Seuss on aging
Re: Double text
On Fri, Dec 26, 2003, it is attributed to Wayne Brissette to have said: It is Apple Mail that causes this with PowerMail. Uh... as I said: not exclusively. Eudora definitely is affiliated with it here. -- later, JS I know, up on top, you are seeing great sights, But down at the bottom we, too, should have rights. Dr. Seuss Yertle the Turtle...
Re: Double text
On Fri, Dec 26, 2003, it is attributed to Midi to have said: Yes, take a look at the sender. It is probably Apple Mail. Well. in at least one case that occurs here it is Eudora. -- later, JS Read not to contradict and confute, not to believe and take for granted, not to find talk and discourse, but to weigh and consider. Sir Francis Bacon
Re: Double text
On Fri, Dec 26, 2003, it is attributed to Sherman Wilcox to have said: Lately I am getting double text in the message body on some (not all) message): the ENTIRE body text is repeated a second time at the end of the message. Has anyone else seen this? Any ideas what might be doing this? Yeah, I see this infrequently, but consistently from some folk who send me email. Haven't figured it out yet. It occurs when the email is either forwarded to me or as a reply to mine... never when an original mail. -- later, JS If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts he shall end in certainties. Sir Francis Bacon
Re: Adding Bcc's automatically *before* sending a message?
On Fri, Dec 12, 2003, it is attributed to Christian Roth to have said: Or can anyone think of a different way to achieve my goal automatically by some other means? Two things come to mind: 1... set up an action trigger on the mailserver. Just checked, and that does seem possible with EIMS, but I did not test it. 2... do the post-send filter, and filter to a folder that can be scripted to deal with new entries, and deal with those new entries as you desire. 3... Beg Jerome to create 'stationery', and enable 'new message using...' and 'reply using...' ;-) -- later, JS ___ :: john snippe :: design:integrate:host ::
Compact Database
Dumb question: what does 'File Database Compact Database' do, functionally? -- later, JS Discretion in speech is more than eloquence. Sir Francis Bacon
Re(2): Need help finding features/functions
On Mon, Nov 24, 2003, it is attributed to Tim Hodgson to have said: I don't know if anyone can provide hard information about what proportion of mail servers out there, running what software, are likely to do this? Well, unless I missed the setting, EIMS doesn't seem to have it as a settable value, so either it simply doesn't insert breaks, or the breakpoint is factory-set. -- later, JS ___ :: john snippe :: design:integrate:host ::
Re: question about Emailer importing
On Tue, Nov 18, 2003, it is attributed to Jim Pistrang to have said: I see it doesn't deal with PM databases, tho. Did I miss something? I used Emailchemy to export my Emailer database to a standard unix format, which PM handles very nicely. My question was about PM outbound.. tho I guess I could export PM db to a supported format and take it from there... -- later, JS ask not for whom the bell tolls... ...someone'll get the door
Re: question about Emailer importing
On Mon, Nov 17, 2003, it is attributed to Jim Pistrang to have said: I moved a very large emailer database into PowerMail about 8 months ago. After struggling with the built-in import feature, I went out and purchased Emailchemy http://www.weirdkid.com/. It was worth it! I highly recommend this software. I see it doesn't deal with PM databases, tho. Did I miss something? -- later, JS !-- Comments above are attributed to the sender. There is no knowing his state of mind at the time he wrote it. React accordingly. -- I am a Man. I can change if I have to, I guess. Possum Lodge Pledge
Re(3): multi comptes (solved)
On Tue, Nov 11, 2003, it is attributed to John Snippe to have said: Separate pop accounts (off the same server, but with different domain values). There is no issue with this in Eudora, if that makes any sense, and the values are the same in both applications (I still use Eudora for my spam- attractive accounts). Jerome is a hero, y'all! He and I worked over my issue ever since mid-last week (several off-list posts, and I sent him a lot of data): and all to discover that I have chronic intellectual fatigue. This morning he sent me a list of possibilities, and: As it turns out, there is absolutely nothing wrong with the way PowerMail was handling my two accounts... from it's POV there was only one, because I had set my EIMS mailserver to automatically forward any incoming [EMAIL PROTECTED] mail directly to my [EMAIL PROTECTED] account. As soon as I disabled that automation, the problem evaporated. Needless to say, I feel more than a little bit foolish at the moment. -- later, JS !-- Comments above are attributed to the sender. There is no knowing his state of mind at the time he wrote it. React accordingly. -- I am a Man. I can change if I have to, I guess. Possum Lodge Pledge
Re(3): multi comptes
On Tue, Nov 11, 2003, it is attributed to PowerMail Engineering to have said: Do you have a different login for each account? I have to go out for a few hrs, Jerome, but when I get back, I will offlist you a set of screenshots.
Re(3): multi comptes
On Tue, Nov 11, 2003, it is attributed to PowerMail Engineering to have said: Do you have a different login for each account? If you have two powermail accounts for two email addresses that are collected to a single POP account, then all messages (private and corporate) are fetched when you check your corporate account. So they will all use your corporate address when you reply. The solution is then to create an incoming filter that change the account to your private account if the message is addressed to your private email address. Separate pop accounts (off the same server, but with different domain values). There is no issue with this in Eudora, if that makes any sense, and the values are the same in both applications (I still use Eudora for my spam- attractive accounts). -- later, JS circumspect ¥SUR-kuhm-spekt¥, adjective: Marked by attention to all circumstances and probable consequences; cautious; prudent. When the evidence is plentiful and the theories well confirmed, we can be more confident of the historical scenarios we propose; when theories are weak or evidence scarce, we ought to be more circumspect. --Robert J. Richards
Re(3): multi comptes
On Tue, Nov 11, 2003, it is attributed to PowerMail Engineering to have said: Strange. The only explanation I could see is if you have a filter that change the account of received corporate messages to your private account. No such filter. The only thing that is the same between the two accounts is the Setup Mail Accounts Identity Real Name: John Snippe and the incoming/ outgoing mailservers, and the password. Could it be the password? What exactly does PM look at to decide what account to use? -- later, JS Never seem more learned than the people you are with. Wear your learning like a pocket watch and keep it hidden. Do not pull it out to count the hours, but give the time when you are asked. Lord Chesterfield
Re(3): multi comptes
On Mon, Nov 10, 2003, it is attributed to Richard Davis to have said: Either of these options will override the reply with account information from the account the message was addressed to default. No joy yet. Have I stumbled onto an esoteric bug here? -- later, JS One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but cannot be taken away unless it is surrendered. Michael J. Fox
Re(3): multi comptes
On Mon, Nov 10, 2003, it is attributed to John Snippe to have said: I will re-start the computer and report back. From what I have read so far, I am in a 'bug' situation, or am stupid... and either are realistic possibilities ;-) I have restarted the box (MOSX 10.2.6 - PM 4.2). I have rechecked my settings: --Setup mail schedulings and locations also use this account when replying = unchecked for both accounts --Setup mail schedulings and locations always use SMTP server = unchecked for both accounts --Setup mail accounts identity tab use default settings = unchecked for both accounts I select a message that was sent to my corporate account, and hit reply: my private (this) account is selected by the application. I select a message that was sent to my private account, and hit reply: my private (this) account is selected by the application. Based on the information currently offered by this list, I have to assume that this is a bug. Where do I report it? -- later, JS One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but cannot be taken away unless it is surrendered. Michael J. Fox
Re(3): multi comptes
On Mon, Nov 10, 2003, it is attributed to Richard Davis to have said: It is NOT an option you pick, it is the default unless you have your Mail Schedulings and Locations Locations tab set for Always use SMTP server: OR The Also use this account when replying checked for the default account in the same Scheduling and Locations window. Either of these options will override the reply with account information from the account the message was addressed to default. Sorry, Richard, but that doesn't bring me any joy. I had earlier used the Also use this account when replying option, which I have now unchecked. However, I haven't ever enabled the SMTP option. I will re-start the computer and report back. From what I have read so far, I am in a 'bug' situation, or am stupid... and either are realistic possibilities ;-) -- later, JS One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but cannot be taken away unless it is surrendered. Michael J. Fox
Re(2): multi comptes
On Mon, Nov 10, 2003, it is attributed to Tim Lapin to have said: In Mail Schedulings and Locations (under Setup menu) look at the Locations tab of your chosen schedule. Make sure the following is *UN*checked: Also use this account when replying There might be other modifiers to watch but I think you'll find that the above is the most likely source of your problem. Good guess... and I DID have that option selected for the 'personal' account... but unchecking it has made no difference. Still goes to that default account on replies to messages not sent to that account (even quit/relaunched PM). As a test, I checked the other account.. and test replies thereafter used that account. Unchecked, and immediately all replies 'default' to the personal acc't again. -- later, JS The cruelest lies are often told in silence. Robert Louis Stevenson
Re(2): multi comptes
On Mon, Nov 10, 2003, it is attributed to Richard Davis to have said: When I reply to an email the default is to reply with the account information from the account the message was addressed to. Really? I seem to have missed that option. Where do I find it? -- later, JS ask not for whom the bell tolls... ...someone'll get the door
Re: multi comptes
On Mon, Nov 10, 2003, it is attributed to Jean de Crombrugghe to have said: Hi, I have 2 comptes (for 2 differents addreses) in powermail. I'ld like that the reponses for [EMAIL PROTECTED] goes out with fai.com, and [EMAIL PROTECTED] goes out with other.org. How can I do that ? Thanks (and sorry for my poor English ;-) ) If not possible, a definite wishlist item!!! I get caught sending out corp. emails using my personal addie all the time. -- later, JS I know, up on top, you are seeing great sights, But down at the bottom we, too, should have rights. Dr. Seuss Yertle the Turtle...
Re: Database limits?
On Wed, Nov 5, 2003, it is attributed to Derry Thompson to have said: Mine was up to 1.7gb at one point, it still worked fine. ... and then what happened??? -- later, JS Wit is so shining a quality that everybody admires it; most people aim at it, all people fear it, and few love it unless in themselves. Lord Chesterfield
Re(3): Text Wrapping (resend)
On Tue, Nov 4, 2003, it is attributed to Marlyse Comte to have said: Oops, my appologies to Wayne and especially the list for cluttering - my message was intended to go only to Wayne and not the whole list ;-) ---marlyse Fuggitabout it. Was great to see the multiculturalism here!! Oh.. and thanks for the answer to my question, all. Now I know where to go to do what I gotta do... EIMS ;-) -- later, JS If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts he shall end in certainties. Sir Francis Bacon
Re: Text Wrapping (resend)
On Sat, Nov 1, 2003, it is attributed to John Snippe to have said: Is there a setting in PowerMail to deal with text-wrapping? IOW, can emails be set to wrap at 72, 80, 120, or whatever characters, or is this a default setting within PM? -- later, JS The cruelest lies are often told in silence. Robert Louis Stevenson
Re: Mail window default position
On Fri, Oct 31, 2003, it is attributed to Scott at HobbyLink Japan to have said: Can we please turn that damn confirm message off? Or make it an option? SECONDED!!! -- later, JS I learned there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead, and some come from behind. But I've bought a big bat. I'm all ready, you see. Now my troubles are going to have troubles with ME! Dr. Seuss.. ...Solla Sallew
Re: Corrupted DB - Now disk too small
On Sun, Oct 26, 2003, it is attributed to C. A. Niemiec to have said: I've never gotten a complete answer on the value of defragmenting under OS X either. For the longest time I didn't think there _were_ any utilities to do this in X. Having never defragged my hard disk I shudder to think of what it looks like at this point. I use alsoft's DiskWarrior and PlusOptimizer software. Works great. -- later, JS ___ :: john snippe :: design:integrate:host ::
Re: Corrupted DB - Now disk too small
On Sun, Oct 26, 2003, it is attributed to Scott at HobbyLink Japan to have said: BTW. What percentage of the hard drive should be left free for disk operations with OS X? Joe Kissel, in his fine Tid-Bits Taking Control mini-book about updating to Panther (available at www.tidbits.com/takecontrol for $5) says that you should leave at least twice the size of your physical RAM available as open hard disk space for your day-to-day operations. I don't recall where, but it seems to me that 20% of raw drive space (per partition) is a number I read somewhere. Mind, with the (comparatively) immense drives we have these days, that seems like a lot. Speaking of drives: I remember the HD on a Performa 5200 crapping out under warranty. Apple Canada was short of stock, and replaced the existing 500 MB w/ an 800MB drive. I tell ya, it felt like I'd won the lottery!! Times have changed, eh? Now I read where the new Adobe Suite (CS) needs over a gig just to install the apps.. that doesn't even START to talk about scratchdisk needs. -- later, JS I am careful not to confuse excellence with perfection. Excellence, I can reach for; perfection is God's business. Michael J. Fox
Re: moving mail
On Sun, Oct 19, 2003, it is attributed to PhilMo to have said: Hello people, Though not exactly a pop-up dialog, but rather a pull-down list, always there, I can confirm it's been there since 3.0.9v2 at least, and also that I'd very much like to have it in the (2 or) 3-pane view, as it makes filing messages faster, IMHO. Exactly what I wishlisted, and was confirmed as desirable by a number of people, last week!! ;-) -- later, JS Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not. Dr. Seuss The Lorax
Re: moving mail
On Thu, Oct 16, 2003, it is attributed to Patrick to have said: Hi, On Thu, Oct 16, 2003 at 07:43 H.R. Riggs wrote I must be missing something here. What File In popup menu? The only one of which I'm aware is when the message window is open, and it doesn't matter whether the browser is 2 or 3 panes. Good question. I don't seem to have ANY File In pop up menu anywhere, whether in 2-panes, 3-panes, Recent Mail, open or closed message window, whatever. Funny thing is, I remember having such a menu at some point, though whether this was in PM, Claris Emailer or Apple's Mail app... I think Claris Emailer had a contextual menu - clicking on a message brought up the list of all available folders. Well, that is indeed odd, because it sure is there in my rev of the app (4.2).. but only in the 'single message' mode (very nice GUI, btw... I just might start using it more!!) -- later, JS I've come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy. -- Anthony Robbins
Re: powermail-discuss Digest Moving Mail
On Thu, Oct 16, 2003, it is attributed to H.R. Riggs to have said: I must be missing something here. What File In popup menu? The only one of which I'm aware is when the message window is open, and it doesn't matter whether the browser is 2 or 3 panes. You are not missing anything... that is correct. I posted it as a wishlist, and still want that functionality from within the browser window, as that is exclusively how I deal with my mail. -- later, JS Silence is the virtue of fools. Sir Francis Bacon
Re: powermail-discuss Digest Moving Mail
On Wed, Oct 15, 2003, it is attributed to Ira Lansing to have said: 1... Transfer mail. AFAIK, currently the only way to move mail from one box to another is via drag'n'drop. I dunno about you, but I have missed my target more than once... what a pain. Perhaps en masse, but individual mail can be put in any box by selecting the destination from the File In popup menu. Or is this menu only available in two-pane view and you are not in that view? Oooh! You are correct regarding the 'only'.. but at least there is a start as far as the codebase required to create the browser-window-based solution I am wishlisting. Very hopeful!! -- later, JS I've come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy. -- Anthony Robbins
Wishlist items
I have come back to PowerMail after a month or so with Eudora 6 (a many- year Eudora user who was converted to PM last winter, and just had to see what was new and exciting at the ol' alma mater!) I have to say, PM is a LOT more elegant! Thanks, team! But it is also a lot slower at a number of processes... esp. emptying the trash type stuff. Seems that moving files is considered heavy lifting. Not a big deal, but notable. I have a wishlist. 1... Transfer mail. AFAIK, currently the only way to move mail from one box to another is via drag'n'drop. I dunno about you, but I have missed my target more than once... what a pain. Also, I have a lot of mailboxes and folder/subfolders... can be a pain to navigate. A menu item that would transfer selected mail to a folder listed in the menu would reduce both those problems. 2... Stationery. I often used stationery in Eudora.. because it was easy to access. Not so easy in PM. There is room beside the 'clippings' icon in the compose window!! 3... Reply. Can we add 'Reply using Stationery'? 4... Junk filtration. Eudora 6 now has a 'Junk' filter based on Bayesian algorithms... absolutely brilliant. I didn't know spam could be KO'ed that easily. I realize that there is SpamSieve available on PM.. but it lacks (imo) the transparency that the Eudora implementation has. Fortunately, I really only have one email addie that is chronic for spam... so what I have done is that I now do not collect it in PM, but occasionally launch Eudorato collect the mail from that account. Anyhow.. a few things I thought might improve PM even more. -- later, JS I learned there are troubles of more than one kind. Some come from ahead, and some come from behind. But I've bought a big bat. I'm all ready, you see. Now my troubles are going to have troubles with ME! Dr. Seuss.. ...Solla Sallew
Re: Weird highlighting bug
On Fri, Oct 10, 2003, it is attributed to Barry Parr to have said: My Powermail has gotten into a weird state when if there are unread messages in the In Tray, the In Tray name is in bold and when there are no unread messages, it's not bold, i.e. the opposite of what it should be. No other folders seem to be affected. apparently v4.2.1 solves that... have you given that a try? -- later, JS ask not for whom the bell tolls... ...someone'll get the door
Re(3): Powermail vs. Thunderbird
On Thu, Sep 11, 2003, it is attributed to aob_ml to have said: but I expect stability in return, which I have never really gotten. This I don't get. What OS you working on? Here on MOSX, PM has never once crashed in the half-year I have been using it... Do have one Q about T-Bird: how does it store email? Proprietary DB, or text? -- later, JS ___ :: john snippe :: design:integrate:host ::
Re: YAY!!
On Sun, Sep 7, 2003, it is attributed to Chris Walker to have said: On 7/9/03 John Snippe wrote: Is anyone using this FM database? If I export a VERY simple email message, I can get it to work, but any real email will hose the attempt to do so. The tabbing seems to be the difficulty. Don't know if you are using classic or x but the same probably applies to both. The only thing I can think of is that when trying to import to FileMaker, when navigating to the file to import, in the navigation window, 'show files of type tabbed text' rather than 'all useable' (or whatever). Then do the import. When I did this everything imported OK. No problem with getting the file... the problem is with the physical import. I could take some screenshots and set up a page, if that would help. Where I am having a problem is with the relationship between the tabs and the db fields... it is a no-can-do situation afaik. -- later, JS Once the game is over, the King and the pawn go back in the same box. Italian Proverb
Re: YAY!!
On Sun, Sep 7, 2003, it is attributed to John Snippe to have said: B... it is a whole lot less than straightforward to dump the data from a tab-delim export into FM (or I am missing something simple) I have no idea how to line up the data and the fields. My attempts (about 10 so far) have all failed. Is anyone using this FM database? If I export a VERY simple email message, I can get it to work, but any real email will hose the attempt to do so. The tabbing seems to be the difficulty. Help? -- later, JS One's dignity may be assaulted, vandalized and cruelly mocked, but cannot be taken away unless it is surrendered. Michael J. Fox
Re: searching/filtering does not work in HTML mails
On Sun, Sep 7, 2003, it is attributed to Don V. Zahniser to have said: Or am I missing something on being able to search/filter on these kinds of characters? I am guessing that a grep and using 'search pattern' might work. Don't know grep, so it remains a guess. You are correct, tho, that entering /html (no quotes) returns every instance of html in a message, irrespective of the tagging elements or case. -- later, JS Discretion in speech is more than eloquence. Sir Francis Bacon
Re: YAY!!
On Sun, Sep 7, 2003, it is attributed to John Snippe to have said: And I see a FM database in the folder for archiving, so I am guessing I am going to be VERY comfortable with PM in the very near future. Never mind. A... it was in 4.1.2 as well, and B... it is a whole lot less than straightforward to dump the data from a tab-delim export into FM (or I am missing something simple) I have no idea how to line up the data and the fields. My attempts (about 10 so far) have all failed. -- later, JS ___ :: john snippe :: design:integrate:host ::
YAY!!
Just installed 4.2 (I like to wait a few days to see if the list lights up with scads of horror stories first!). Install was smooth as silk. Did a few searches: YAYAYAYAY Fixed one of the two only discomforts I have with PM. Search is now much more configurable, and whup-ass fast! 63 mb mail folder in mere moments with 3 criteria... excellent, to say the least! And I see a FM database in the folder for archiving, so I am guessing I am going to be VERY comfortable with PM in the very near future. THANKS, team!! -- later, JS !-- Comments above are attributed to the sender. There is no knowing his state of mind at the time he wrote it. React accordingly. -- I am a Man. I can change if I have to, I guess. Possum Lodge Pledge
YAY!!
Just installed 4.2 (I like to wait a few days to see if the list lights up with scads of horror stories first!). Install was smooth as silk. Did a few searches: YAYAYAYAY Fixed one of the two only discomforts I have with PM. Search is now much more configurable, and whup-ass fast! 63 mb mail folder in mere moments with 3 criteria... excellent, to say the least! And I see a FM database in the folder for archiving, so I am guessing I am going to be VERY comfortable with PM in the very near future. THANKS, team!! -- later, JS !-- Comments above are attributed to the sender. There is no knowing his state of mind at the time he wrote it. React accordingly. -- I am a Man. I can change if I have to, I guess. Possum Lodge Pledge
Re; Powermail 4.2 released
Just got the PM 4.2 release announcement, and I believe there is an error. In one place it says: PowerMail 4.2 is: Free for registered PowerMail 4.x users $ 29 for registered PowerMail 3.x users $ 49 for new customers but then later I read: PowerMail 4 is available immediately on-line as a 30 day demo version. - Degressive licensing prices start at US$ 49 per seat - Upgrades from PowerMail 4 are US$ 29
Re: Catastrophic DB failure with 4.2b1
On Thu, Aug 21, 2003, it is attributed to Midi to have said: using eMA to archive messages What is eMA? -- later, JS circumspect ¥SUR-kuhm-spekt¥, adjective: Marked by attention to all circumstances and probable consequences; cautious; prudent. When the evidence is plentiful and the theories well confirmed, we can be more confident of the historical scenarios we propose; when theories are weak or evidence scarce, we ought to be more circumspect. --Robert J. Richards
Re: Catastrophic DB failure with 4.2b1
On Thu, Aug 21, 2003, it is attributed to Ben Kennedy to have said: All, Losing my mail database has turned around from being a major disaster to a rewarding exercise in forensics and programming. :-D I am totally WOWED by your post, Ben! Congratulations! Also, I am thrilled by your discovery process and it's resultant upcoming utility app. I am a recent convert to PM from Eudora... but the proprietary database format has been a source of extreme squeamishness on my part throughout the half-year I have been on-board, and remains a show-stopper counter-argument offered by a number of my Eudoroid friends. -- later, JS If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts he shall end in certainties. Sir Francis Bacon
