Re: Anyone at home?

[Steve Tarpin]

On Mar 13, 2010, at 7:11 AM, Beatrix Willius wrote:

> Is anyone at home at this list?


The writing has been on the wall for a LONG TIME, try getting accustomed to 
Apple's MAIL app, PM is dying a very slow death...

[enclosed] Your PowerMail 2.4 key, A Farewell

[Steve Tarpin]

Farewell!

Almost 10-years to the month, June 1999, I've stood with PowerMail. I am
now migrating to Apple's MAIL app. My loyalty to Apple extended to my
loyalty to third-party applications, many of which were not covered
under the current line-up of Apple's iLife collection. For whatever
reason (I really can't give any specifics), I find it time make the
move. I suppose much of it has to do with Apple's resources and
commitment to constantly refine the product and users experience.

PowerMail has never lacked in the latter, but now that Apple has fully
embraced their own mail application, the resources simply cannot be
rivaled. That being said, my thanks to the development team at CTM. I'll
miss being able to send an email to Jerome and get a direct reply,
something I don't think will ever happen with Apple. My thanks also to
all those on the mailing list, I know there are some of you who have
been exchanging information as long and longer than I have. I have
contributed very little and have taken much more than given, and to
those of you who have assisted me and everyone else, I offer you my thanks.

Be well...

Steve

-- 
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204 Van Dyke Street
Pier 41, Red Hook
Brooklyn, NY 11231

Telephone: 718-858-5333
Outside NYC: 888-450-5463
FAX: 718-858-4345

www.keylime.com
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Re: Large Group E-mails

[Steve Tarpin]

>MaxBulkMailer
>
>may be the perfect tool for your task.

I've tried BulkMailer as well, does not really address the names
properly (recognizing first and last names as provided by PowerMail).
For me, this has not been the real problem as much as the big ISPs
blackmailing mails that are sent in large numbers, regardless of whether
you are welcomed by the sender or not; send out bulk emails, you are a
SPAMMER. If you want to build and maintain a viable business email
solution, you'll eventually have to go through a third party email
marketing company such as Vertical Response, with viable opt-in and opt-
out features.

Although I have many thousands of addressees collected over the years, I
have found PowerMail severely lacking in helping the needs of serious
businesses who want to create and maintain an email marketing tool.
Requests to make the deletion of "dead" addresses easily and
systematically have gone unanswered, so I KNOW the next time I send out
a bulk email (MaxBulkMailer or not) I will have to hand-pick and delete
literally hundreds and hundreds of dead addresses, one by one. Do
yourself a favor (if this is the direction you're going), make the
transition as soon as you can, possibly separating a business address
from one you use for more personal communications. Something I wish I
had done years ago.

Hope this helps, I know I will eventually have to break away from PM, I
just loath the idea of the amount of work involved.

Regards...

-- 
Steve's Authentic, Inc.
204 Van Dyke Street
Pier 41, Red Hook
Brooklyn, NY 11231

Telephone: 718-858-5333
Outside NYC: 888-450-5463
FAX: 718-858-4345

www.keylime.com
www.stevesauthentic.com

Re: MobileMe and Push-eMail

[Steve Tarpin]

>but once I get my first iPhone next month, for the first
>time I can see paying for .Mac, I mean MobileMe.
>
>I'm starting to ask myself how PowerMail is going to fit in this
>MobileMe and iPhone future?


Exactly the point of the post to begin with, and as we progress into the
use of "the Cloud" (information that is stored elsewhere and delivered
via the air), the more this becomes an issue, similar to the decision to
upgrade from OS-9 to OS-X.

s

Re: MobileMe and Push-eMail

[Steve Tarpin]

>So, yes, PM is not fully "up to date" with Mac OS. But doing so would
>require to spend 95% of our time rewriting things just to be "up to
>date". We chose to be "up to date" for important things (Mac OS 9 -> Mac
>OS X, PPC -> intel...), but not for things that require a lot of work
>for a minor feature (supporting sheets would have require to adopt
>PowerPlant X), and not for things that Apple can abandon any time like
>the Address Book APIs.

So Jerome, regarding the initial question, if it were my decision to
eventually move from PM to Mail because the "push" services were not to
be offered at all then I should probably do it ASAP to account for the
small degree of arc in my learning curve. Do you foresee the possibility
of PM going in that direction, or should I go ahead and start "dumbing-
down". I'll miss everything I have come to appreciate and enjoy about
PM; the staff's attention to users concerns, the community that has
contributed, and mostly the interface that has been my email experience
for so long. But considering the changes that have occurred over the
years of using PM and the changes that are to come in the near future,
having email (at least) files updated on ALL computers at ALL times (I
use a laptop, desktop and iPhone) is too compelling to avoid.

If you feel you can't comment publicly Jerome because you might advocate
a switch, feel free to write me directly. I know this thread moved away
slightly from my initial inquiry, but I'm really curious about the
future of "push" services and what your (and other's) take might be.

Regards...

Steve

-- 
Before you criticize someone, you should walk a mile in their
shoes. That way, when you criticize them, you're a mile away and you
have their shoes.

Re: MobileMe and Push-eMail

[Steve Tarpin]

>>I've avoided Apple's Mail application, having been an avid PowerMail
>>user for 10-years now (since May of 1999)

>That's 9-years though.

Picky-Pickerton, so I'm not big on detail, don't let that distract you
from the point.
>
>>"The Cloud" are awfully tempting. "The Cloud" is the
>>direction of the future (GoogleApps, MobileMe etc), and eventually I
>>will give in and make the move, unless...

>What are the tempting features for you?

I thought I was pretty clear with that initially, but here goes...

" the features of MobileMe and the mail-push, server-side constant
updating of multiple
computers from "The Cloud" are awfully tempting."

Shall I repeat that?

" the features of MobileMe and the mail-push, server-side constant
updating of multiple
computers from "The Cloud" are awfully tempting."

Hope that helps...

-- 
If you lend someone $20 and never see that person again, it was
probably worth it.

MobileMe and Push-eMail

[Steve Tarpin]

I've avoided Apple's Mail application, having been an avid PowerMail
user for 10-years now (since May of 1999). In all honesty, the features
of MobileMe and the mail-push, server-side constant updating of multiple
computers from "The Cloud" are awfully tempting. "The Cloud" is the
direction of the future (GoogleApps, MobileMe etc), and eventually I
will give in and make the move, unless...

I guess this question is for Jerome and development team or anyone "in
the know", but is there the possibility that Apple will "share" the
cloud so that applications OTHER than native apps will operate on
MobileMe? Any buzz at all in that regard? What would it take for CTM to
offer such a service, even though if (this) one were to be paying the
$99 to Apple already, I would be hard-pressed to pay additional money
for the same (albeit better) piece of their overall package.

I think I'm reading the writing on the wall in reference to "The Cloud",
if small software developers don't adapt, they will eventually be left
behind. This is the only reason I would abandon PowerMail, but for me it
is a compelling reason, and will become more evident as time rolls forward.

Looking forward to responses, good, bad or indifferent.

Steve

http://www.keylime.com
-- 
PM 5.5.3
--
G5 PPC 4x2.5 GHz
--
Intel PB 2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo
--
OS 10.5.3
PM User Since 1999

Very Odd, Auto Replies Went Chinese

[Steve Tarpin]

Something very odd happened... somehow my auto-replies via filtering
were suddenly being sent in some cryptic conglomeration of Chinese
characters. When I opened the filter-setup and opened the 
set reply" option, indeed my previous reply was not there anymore and
instead there was... well, look for yourself.

?栀愀渀欀猀　昀漀爀　?爀椀琀椀渀最　甀猀?　?栀椀猀　愀甀琀漀?爀攀瀀氀?　
椀猀　樀甀猀琀　琀漀　愀挀欀渀漀?氀攀搀最攀　?攀　最漀琀　?漀甀爀　洀愀椀
氀?　猀漀　瀀氀攀愀猀攀　戀攀　瀀愀琀椀攀渀琀　?椀琀栀　愀　爀攀瀀氀??　
愀猀　?攀　最攀琀　洀愀渀?　攀洀愀椀氀猀?　?　栀漀瀀攀　?攀　挀愀渀　愀渀
猀?攀爀　愀渀?　焀甀攀猀琀椀漀渀　?漀甀　洀椀最栀琀　栀愀瘀攀攀猀琀　
爀攀最愀爀搀猀?匀琀攀瘀攀

Anyone else ever had anything like this happen?

http://www.keylime.com
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PM 5.5b2
--
G5 PPC 4x2.5 GHz
7G ram
--
Intel PB 2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo
2G ram
--
OS 10.4.11

Re: Very Odd, Auto Replies Went Chinese

[Steve Tarpin]

>Have you tried running that through a translator to see if it
>corresponds to your auto-reply text?  If so, I would suggest that
>somehow the character set got reset somewhere along the line.

Thanks for the quick reply Tim. Actually, I did try translating with a
translation widget (both traditional chinese and simplified han) and the
string was unrecognized, even in smaller snippets. There is a tendency
on my part to think of whatever happened as being somewhat "invasive",
but since the characters are not really saying anything recognizable I'm
putting those thoughts aside.

Regards...

Steve

http://www.keylime.com
-- 
PM 5.5b2
--
G5 PPC 4x2.5 GHz
7G ram
--
Intel PB 2.4 GHz Core 2 Duo
2G ram
--
OS 10.4.11

Re: annoying problem with power mail

[Steve Tarpin]

I am away for a few weeks, maybe more, and will not available by;
email;  telephonic instrumentation; text, electronic, telepathic or any
other sort of messaging. I will reply to  carrier-pigeon (or pelican for
that matter) messages ONLY! If this is of the utmost importance, you
will be able to seek out our telephone number and call us. Someone will
be able to assist you, but it ain't gonna be me...

I'm going fishin'

regards...

Steve
>>Moritz Majce hat am Samstag, 14. Juli 2007 geschrieben:
>>
>>>http://www.monokultur.com/pm/1.jpg
>>>
>>>this is how it looks like when i click the reply-button the first time.
>>>
>>>http://www.monokultur.com/pm/2.jpg
>>>
>>>this is how it looks like after i closed the window and then re-clicked
>>>the reply-button.
>>>
>>>it has nothing to do with language settings or intel/ppc.
>>
>>This pictures were helpful!
>>
>>I guess it could have to do with the used font.
>>
>>Try to play with. (I use Verdana for the list letters.)
>
> I tried different fonts in different sizes. each time quitting the
>program and restarting.
>
>no effect.
>
>
>>Here (german version):
>>PowerMail/Einstellungen/Anzeige/Eigene Schrift für die Listendarstellung
>>(should be activated, then choose a font [or a different one])
>>
>>(The font for the lists has effects also to the letters in that boxes.)
>>
>>
>
>
>

Re: Bad aftersales Service

[Steve Tarpin]

I am away for a few weeks, maybe more, and will not available by;
email;  telephonic instrumentation; text, electronic, telepathic or any
other sort of messaging. I will reply to  carrier-pigeon (or pelican for
that matter) messages ONLY! If this is of the utmost importance, you
will be able to seek out our telephone number and call us. Someone will
be able to assist you, but it ain't gonna be me...

I'm going fishin'

regards...

Steve
>My apologies for using the word "spam" if that offended you. I have
>tried to explain that in another post, as has Bruce Barrett.
>
>You argue that I should search the archive, then go to the mailing list
>for answers. This is more efficient than a forum?
>
>I have only submitted questions to CTM which do not have answers in the
>user's manual. Have you looked at the user's manual? It is pretty
>limited in what it covers. So are the FAQs on CTM's web site.
>
>While you may feel that CTM answers questions, my experience is that it
>does not. I just went to the ctmdev.com web site and found that they no
>longer even mention sending an email to CTM to ask for help. They also
>have taken down their notice that they would respond to 80% of help
>requests within 2 days. The option to email CTM from the PowerMail Help
>menu is still there, however. 
>
>But since CTM doesn't answer, email to CTM works more like the Apple
>reporter that appears when a program quits unexpectedly. CTM should note
>in PM that they rarely answer. Most people who send in a request for
>help would assume they'd get an answer. Setting up a method to send in a
>support request when there is little likelihood of an answer is wrong.
>
>
>Regards,
>
>- Winston
>
>
>
>
>Matthias Schmidt wrote:
>
>>Webforums are not an alternative at all. They are so much more time
>>intensive, extremely slow, you always have to login etc.
>
>>Mr. Weinmann,
>>
>>calling this list a source of spam is a serious offense to all list members.
>>If you can't read the users manual nor search the archive, with all
>>respect, go somewhere else.
>>CTM never lacked support, but they won't answer you questions if you can
>>find the answer in the users manual. That are not support cases that's a
>>lack of reading ability.
>>
>>Matthias
>
>>what's wrong with this list?
>>If you have a problem, search first the archives, which can be found here:
>> 
>>then you can ask here on the list.
>>The list is read by the developers and they will respond if there's a
>>real problem.
>>
>>all the best
>>
>>Matthias
>
>
>

Re: Forthcoming with support

[Steve Tarpin]

I am away for a few weeks, maybe more, and will not available by;
email;  telephonic instrumentation; text, electronic, telepathic or any
other sort of messaging. I will reply to  carrier-pigeon (or pelican for
that matter) messages ONLY! If this is of the utmost importance, you
will be able to seek out our telephone number and call us. Someone will
be able to assist you, but it ain't gonna be me...

I'm going fishin'

regards...

Steve
>Please understand that when I say "spam" (in quotes) it means email that
>I do not find helpful which fills my in box. I do not mean spam in the
>classic sense of junk mail, phishing schemes, etc. Clearly there is a
>need for a word which explains email of which a portion may be of
>interest, but the vast majority of which I don't need.
>
>As and example, I prefer to go to a news site when I have an interest in
>a topic than to have RSS feeds or most other newsletters sent to my in
>box. This happens to be the most convenient way for me. It may not be
>for you or others.
>
>There is a cost in time to research any question. In my case, I think a
>forum would be more efficient for my needs. I was on the PM list some
>time ago, and did unsubscribe. I came back because CTM did not answer my
>questions as its web site said it would. I still have some questions, so
>I have stayed, for now.
>
>That does not mean it is my preferred option, simply that on balance it
>is more useful for me than not, right now. I feel the same thing about
>Microsoft Word, which I would gladly drop if WordPerfect for Mac came
>back. I have in the past lobbied for WordPerfect to come back to the Mac.
>
>This list provides feedback to CTM. If you had a request of them, would
>you not post it here?
>
>- Winston
>
>
>
>Cotty wrote:
>
>>On 13/7/07, Winston Weinmann, discombobulated, unleashed:
>>
>>>With all due respect, my experience is that CTM never answers help
>>>requests. I could copy them here, which would be tedious, but I assure
>>>you they have all been polite.
>>>
>>>The reason I find CTM's lack of support particularly disturbing is that
>>>they have stated on their web site that they will get back to users
>>>within a couple of days. I am sure this was CTM's intent when that was
>>>written, but they have not followed through.
>>>
>>>My suggestion to CTM is to confess that they are unable or unwilling to
>>>spend the time on individual support requests, and to strongly encourage
>>>those with problems to address them to the PowerMail discussion mailing
>>>list, as this is the only place they are likely to get help.
>>>
>>>The disadvantage of the mailing list is that everyone on the list has to
>>>receive every email for every topic. This comes close to being spam-like
>>>in its effect. The disadvantage, of course, is that it keeps a larger
>>>community informed of questions than a forum might.
>>>
>>>However, the "spam" problem of the mailing list I am sure discourages
>>>many people from signing up at all.
>>
>>With no respect at all, may I suggest that you unsubscribe from this
>>spam list and help cut down on wasted bandwidth?
>>
>>
>>
>>-- 
>>
>>
>>Cheers,
>>  Cotty
>>
>>
>>
>
>
>

Re: annoying problem with power mail

[Steve Tarpin]

I am away for a few weeks, maybe more, and will not available by;
email;  telephonic instrumentation; text, electronic, telepathic or any
other sort of messaging. I will reply to  carrier-pigeon (or pelican for
that matter) messages ONLY! If this is of the utmost importance, you
will be able to seek out our telephone number and call us. Someone will
be able to assist you, but it ain't gonna be me...

I'm going fishin'

regards...

Steve
>http://www.monokultur.com/pm/1.jpg
>
>this is how it looks like when i click the reply-button the first time.
>
>http://www.monokultur.com/pm/2.jpg
>
>this is how it looks like after i closed the window and then re-clicked
>the reply-button.
>
>it has nothing to do with language settings or intel/ppc.
>
>
>moritz
>
>
>

Re: annoying problem with power mail

[Steve Tarpin]

I am away for a few weeks, maybe more, and will not available by;
email;  telephonic instrumentation; text, electronic, telepathic or any
other sort of messaging. I will reply to  carrier-pigeon (or pelican for
that matter) messages ONLY! If this is of the utmost importance, you
will be able to seek out our telephone number and call us. Someone will
be able to assist you, but it ain't gonna be me...

I'm going fishin'

regards...

Steve
>i run powermail on a powermc quad g5. so it is not intel-related.
>
>>Am/On Fri, 13 Jul 2007 16:50:57 +0200 schrieb/wrote Rene Merz:
>>
>>>Mikael Byström hat am Freitag, 13. Juli 2007 geschrieben:
>>>
>i put a screenshot on 
Well, we see the name field being somewhat displaced, yes. Could you
please restart PM under english and see if the problem remains? You do
this by quitting PM and show info on the PM app icon and change the
settings under language.
>>>
>>>It has nothing to do with the language version.
>>>I run the german version too but don't know that problem.
>>
>>same here ... never seen this.
>>We run PM in German and English (all still PPC) maybe it's an Intel
>>related problem or some haxie installed on that box.
>>
>>Thanks and all the best
>>
>>Matthias
>>
>>
>
>
>

Re: Web support vs. email support groups

[Steve Tarpin]

I am away for a few weeks, maybe more, and will not available by;
email;  telephonic instrumentation; text, electronic, telepathic or any
other sort of messaging. I will reply to  carrier-pigeon (or pelican for
that matter) messages ONLY! If this is of the utmost importance, you
will be able to seek out our telephone number and call us. Someone will
be able to assist you, but it ain't gonna be me...

I'm going fishin'

regards...

Steve
>Hi Masters of PowerMail,
>
>Regarding the forum vs. email method of community 
>support...
>
>I must admit one of the perceived negatives I saw 
>when considering switching to PowerMail was the
>lack of any visible way to reach support.
>Having a forum prominently available would have
>been encouraging for me.
>
>
>Here's what I wrote to a friend Sept-22-2006:
>>Ah,  you have hit on another "con" they seem a bit clueless in 
>>supporting materials. I think they take bug reports seriously,
>>but, for example I could not find a way to submit one. :-(
>>
>>
>>Here's a link to the manual (also lighter than I'd like.)
>>
>>
>>Here's their discussion forum too (also not publicized):
>>
>
>As far as I recall you have to subscribe in order to find
>the archive, it's not available to someone surfing the
>web site.
>
>For what it's worth. :-)
>
>Bruce
>-- 
>Bruce BarrettSee my website at: http://www.brucebarrett.com 
>
>
>
>

Re: Forthcoming with support

[Steve Tarpin]

I am away for a few weeks, maybe more, and will not available by;
email;  telephonic instrumentation; text, electronic, telepathic or any
other sort of messaging. I will reply to  carrier-pigeon (or pelican for
that matter) messages ONLY! If this is of the utmost importance, you
will be able to seek out our telephone number and call us. Someone will
be able to assist you, but it ain't gonna be me...

I'm going fishin'

regards...

Steve
>Charles, dear Mr. Darby,
>
>My masters dropped the ball a number of times, but I thank you for
>pinging me since I have no access to the keyboard otherwise.
>
>On a more serious note: yes, it is possible to redirect an HTML message
>(forwarding will only forward its text portion, since we do not include
>an HTML editor in the product) and we have not been able to reproduce
>anything such as the disappearance of an address. 
>
>Finally, two comments: one is that Charlie is right, we are thinking of
>a forum-like format although more for FoxTrot than for PowerMail, since
>the dynamic and contributions on powermail-discuss are pretty exceptional.
>
>The other comment is that I sometimes get discouraged by certain support
>messages who are repeatedly abrasive, terse or rude in their e-mails.
>Developers, and their cats, have feelings too (I regret to confess this)...
>
>

Re: Bad aftersales Service

[Steve Tarpin]

I am away for a few weeks, maybe more, and will not available by;
email;  telephonic instrumentation; text, electronic, telepathic or any
other sort of messaging. I will reply to  carrier-pigeon (or pelican for
that matter) messages ONLY! If this is of the utmost importance, you
will be able to seek out our telephone number and call us. Someone will
be able to assist you, but it ain't gonna be me...

I'm going fishin'

regards...

Steve
>Does anybody else get lack of response to Powermail developers. I have
>sent about five emails to their customer support and have got no answer.
>The only one I did get a reply to was when I complained about their
>product. Might just as well ask the cat!
>
>

Re: annoying problem with power mail

[Steve Tarpin]

I am away for a few weeks, maybe more, and will not available by;
email;  telephonic instrumentation; text, electronic, telepathic or any
other sort of messaging. I will reply to  carrier-pigeon (or pelican for
that matter) messages ONLY! If this is of the utmost importance, you
will be able to seek out our telephone number and call us. Someone will
be able to assist you, but it ain't gonna be me...

I'm going fishin'

regards...

Steve
>>On   Thursday, July 12, 2007,   Bruce Barrett   sent forth:
>>
>>>I've seen this happen sometimes as well, though it's
>>>now extremely rare for me. v5.5.3 Intel.
>>>
>>>Bruce
>>>
>>>-- 
>>>Bruce BarrettSee my website at: http://www.brucebarrett.com 
>>>
>>>As Moritz Majce wrote...
>>>
I have got a really annoying problem with power mail (v. 5.5.3):

whenever I open the "new message" window the email address input field
is displaced to the left so that I cannot see the email address when
typing. when I close the window and (re)open a new one the problem
disappears. (see screenshot: problem.jpg)

what can I do about this? I do not want to switch to apple?s "mail" but
I cannot work properly with this bug..

best regards,
moritz majce
>>>
>>
>>Well, I haven't seen it and your screenshot never made it to the list or
>>at least not to my machine.
>>
>>Could you post your screenshot to a public photo hosting service on the
>>web (picasa, photobucket, .mac, ...) so that I might see it?  I'm
>>curious to understand the problem and I can't seem to visualize it in
>my head.
>>
>>
>>
>>--
>>Tim Lapin
>>[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
>>G4/AGP/400OS 10.3.9PowerMail 5.5.3 640 MB RAM 2x40 GB HDs
>>
>>
>
>i put a screenshot on 
>
>
>
>

Re: annoying problem with power mail

[Steve Tarpin]

I am away for a few weeks, maybe more, and will not available by;
email;  telephonic instrumentation; text, electronic, telepathic or any
other sort of messaging. I will reply to  carrier-pigeon (or pelican for
that matter) messages ONLY! If this is of the utmost importance, you
will be able to seek out our telephone number and call us. Someone will
be able to assist you, but it ain't gonna be me...

I'm going fishin'

regards...

Steve
>I have got a really annoying problem with power mail (v. 5.5.3):
>
>whenever I open the "new message" window the email address input field
>is displaced to the left so that I cannot see the email address when
>typing. when I close the window and (re)open a new one the problem
>disappears. (see screenshot: problem.jpg)
>
>what can I do about this? I do not want to switch to apple´s "mail" but
>I cannot work properly with this bug..
>
>best regards,
>moritz majce
>
>
>
>

Re: Forwarding scripts and headers

[Steve Tarpin]

I am away for a few weeks, maybe more, and will not available by;
email;  telephonic instrumentation; text, electronic, telepathic or any
other sort of messaging. I will reply to  carrier-pigeon (or pelican for
that matter) messages ONLY! If this is of the utmost importance, you
will be able to seek out our telephone number and call us. Someone will
be able to assist you, but it ain't gonna be me...

I'm going fishin'

regards...

Steve
>I need a script to forward messages including complete headers.  This
>script works except that it excludes most of the header.  How can I get
>it include the full header? 
>
>tell application "PowerMail"
>set theMessages to current messages
>repeat with msg in theMessages
> forward msg to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
>end repeat
>connect again
>end tell
>
>I also need a complementary script that forwards only headers, not the
>body.  Can anybody suggest a way?
>
>Charles Maurer
>
>
>

Re: redirecting HTML Emails

[Steve Tarpin]

I am away for a few weeks, maybe more, and will not available by;
email;  telephonic instrumentation; text, electronic, telepathic or any
other sort of messaging. I will reply to  carrier-pigeon (or pelican for
that matter) messages ONLY! If this is of the utmost importance, you
will be able to seek out our telephone number and call us. Someone will
be able to assist you, but it ain't gonna be me...

I'm going fishin'

regards...

Steve
>Is there any way to Redirect HTML emails which contain things such as
>animation. Up until now whenever I have attempted this the animation
>doesn't work and the pictures are simply sent as attachments. Forwarding
>the email simply strips the HTML.
>
>Ta.
>
>Carl
>
>

Re: once again

[Steve Tarpin]

I am away for a few weeks, maybe more, and will not available by;
email;  telephonic instrumentation; text, electronic, telepathic or any
other sort of messaging. I will reply to  carrier-pigeon (or pelican for
that matter) messages ONLY! If this is of the utmost importance, you
will be able to seek out our telephone number and call us. Someone will
be able to assist you, but it ain't gonna be me...

I'm going fishin'

regards...

Steve
>Alright, I've done it in the past, but to make sure I'm not doing
>something wrong, I looked it up in the PM manual and it states clearly :
>
>"launch PowerMail with the option- and command-keys down. This will
>invoke PowerMail's built-in recovery facility known as PowerMail First Aid."
>
>I have said so in the past and now again - this does NOT work for me
>(any longer).
>
>I can try it from the dock or in the Finder, I hold down the keys before
>even touching the PM icon, just to make sure I'm "fast enough" (who
>knows, maybe age IS beginning to show).
>
>No matter what I try, First Aid will NOT launch.
>
>Using PM 5.5.2 and have this problem probably since 5.2 - and now I need
>it, got a fat folder but no unread messages in there.
>
>Any ideas why PM just refused to open in First Aid mode?
>
>Thanks,
>---marlyse
>
>
>
>---marlyse
>
>

Re: "Your database file has not the expected format"

[Steve Tarpin]

I am away for a few weeks, maybe more, and will not available by;
email;  telephonic instrumentation; text, electronic, telepathic or any
other sort of messaging. I will reply to  carrier-pigeon (or pelican for
that matter) messages ONLY! If this is of the utmost importance, you
will be able to seek out our telephone number and call us. Someone will
be able to assist you, but it ain't gonna be me...

I'm going fishin'

regards...

Steve
>   I got this lovely message when starting PowerMail 5.5.3 this
>afternoon.  After clicking "OK", PowerMail starts up and the database
>opens, seemingly without problems.
>
>   I've been using 5.5.3 since it came out; no recent disk errors or crashes.
>
>   I can't compact the database; PowerMail gives the same error and
>wants to convert the database to PowerMail 5 format, but can't, of
>course, since it's already in PowerMail 5 format.  It gets an "unknown
>error"; Class = Conv, what = 1, when = 0.
>
>   I can rebuild, since the "Your database file has not the expected
>format" error comes up.
>
>   Has anybody seen and fixed this error before?
>
>
>
>Brian
>
>

Re: Sharing Same Email in Multiple Contacts

[Steve Tarpin]

I am away for a few weeks, maybe more, and will not available by;
email;  telephonic instrumentation; text, electronic, telepathic or any
other sort of messaging. I will reply to  carrier-pigeon (or pelican for
that matter) messages ONLY! If this is of the utmost importance, you
will be able to seek out our telephone number and call us. Someone will
be able to assist you, but it ain't gonna be me...

I'm going fishin'

regards...

Steve
>Hello,
>when adding a new contact in the address book sometimes i deal with two
>persons who share the same email address; this happens, for instance,
>with two little brothers who's real email is their father's.
>Unfortunately PM doesn't let me share the same email address in more than
>one contact in the address book.
>Is there any way to get around this?
>
>Thank you
>
>
>
>
>Giovanni Andreani
>
>PM 5.2.2 | OS X 10.3.9 | Power Mac G5/1.8GHz BiPro | 1GB RAM | 150GB HD
>
>
>

Re: Attachment reminder?

[Steve Tarpin]

I am away for a few weeks, maybe more, and will not available by;
email;  telephonic instrumentation; text, electronic, telepathic or any
other sort of messaging. I will reply to  carrier-pigeon (or pelican for
that matter) messages ONLY! If this is of the utmost importance, you
will be able to seek out our telephone number and call us. Someone will
be able to assist you, but it ain't gonna be me...

I'm going fishin'

regards...

Steve
>Can PowerMail alert me when I try to send a message that contains
>"attached" that the message has  no attachment? I ran across a
>Thunderbird extension called AttachmentReminder that does that. You
>configure it with a list of strings that it should check for in the
>message ... "enclosure", "attached", whatever you are likely to use in
>message text. 
>
>
>
>One the most useful email features I've run into recently. (Yes, I
>recently sent a friend a message in PowerMail that should have had an
>attached photo but didn't.) 
>
>  Bill
>
>
>
>

Re: Forwarding email

[Steve Tarpin]

I am away for a few weeks, maybe more, and will not available by;
email;  telephonic instrumentation; text, electronic, telepathic or any
other sort of messaging. I will reply to  carrier-pigeon (or pelican for
that matter) messages ONLY! If this is of the utmost importance, you
will be able to seek out our telephone number and call us. Someone will
be able to assist you, but it ain't gonna be me...

I'm going fishin'

regards...

Steve
>Just started using Powermail and have one small problem. If I receive an
>email in HTML - graphics etc - and I want to forward it on to others the
>HTML etc is stripped out of the message. The only way to send it
>"intact" is to Redirect it. Is there any way, if I redirect, to change
>the From: field to reflect MY email address as opposed to that of the
>person who sent it to me? Or is there any other way of sending it
>intact. Hope this makes sense!!
>
>Regards
>
>Carl
>
>

Re: Spamsieve Blocklist

[Steve Tarpin]

I am away for a few weeks, maybe more, and will not available by;
email;  telephonic instrumentation; text, electronic, telepathic or any
other sort of messaging. I will reply to  carrier-pigeon (or pelican for
that matter) messages ONLY! If this is of the utmost importance, you
will be able to seek out our telephone number and call us. Someone will
be able to assist you, but it ain't gonna be me...

I'm going fishin'

regards...

Steve
>Hi all:
>
>A recent increase in the volume of spam I am receiving has made me a
>convert to Spamsieve, an excellent product with which I am well satisfied.
>
>Although Spamsieve correctly bins the spam even after minimal training,
>is it possible to 'add sender to blocklist' (or similar) so it doesn't
>get downloaded in the first place?  Every so often I could then do a
>bulk clearance at the mail server. The reason I ask is that much of the
>spam seems the same thing over and over.
>
>cheeers,
>
>Chris
>
>

Re: Feature request - recipients

[Steve Tarpin]

I am away for a few weeks, maybe more, and will not available by;
email;  telephonic instrumentation; text, electronic, telepathic or any
other sort of messaging. I will reply to  carrier-pigeon (or pelican for
that matter) messages ONLY! If this is of the utmost importance, you
will be able to seek out our telephone number and call us. Someone will
be able to assist you, but it ain't gonna be me...

I'm going fishin'

regards...

Steve
>Hi,
>
>A minor feature request just occurred to me: an option to choose a
>maximum number of recipients to display (in Simple Header mode) in a
>received message. Another nice refinement would be a note of how many
>recipients' names are hidden, which when clicked would display the full
>list (Mail.app does this).
>-- 
>TimH
>
>PowerMail 5.5.2 (build 4475) | OS X 10.4.9 | PowerBook FW/500 | 1GB RAM
>
>

Constant Contact/Exporting

[Steve Tarpin]

Due to both AOL's stringent anti-spam controls and due to my desire to
start an email newsletter and campaign to my subscribers, I am
considering signing up with Constant Contact managed email services. I'm
wondering if anyone has had any experience with them specifically with
PowerMail. As they state on their site...

>Constant Contact will accept your email addresses in 3 file
>formats; .txt (text file), .csv (Comma Separated Values) and .xls (MS
>Excel Spreadsheet). Simply browse to where the file lives on your
>computer and let the Constant Contact wizard guide you through the import.

Now I've tried exporting email addresses from PM before and with little
success. From what I understand, I can export the ENTIRE database, but
not specific groups. My mailings are done to different people depending
on what their interests are. The idea of exporting the entire database
(over 4000), removing friends and business contacts, separating contacts
one by one based on geographical location and specific areas of interest
(already tagged and available in PM by searching "comments") seems like
a terribly loathsome and time consuming task. I hope PM is able to help
me with this, as I do not want to change to another application after
using PM since 1999.

Any comments on both Constant Contact and the POWER behind PowerMail
that might assist me is appreciated.

In advance...

Steve

Odd Upgrade Blip, lost incoming

[Steve Tarpin]

Just upgraded to latest release, but when I opened new version, I had about 
two-weeks of mail missing. Very odd, since (as always) I put a just-saved user 
file in back-up, then disconnected my back-up drive. Using my web-based ISP 
provided mail right now until I see if I have a two-day old back-up (portable 
user-file that travels between home and work) to at least save some of the 
mails. Anyone else experience anything like this?

Also, when searching in Spotlight, the emails still get translated into some 
cryptic subject. What is the deal with that?

regards...

Steve

Whacky Spotlight Results

[Steve Tarpin]

Apologies if this subject has been brought up before (where are those
archives anyway?) but I need to ask. Initially, Spotlight searching
resulted in showing (under the "other" category) PowerMail messages with
the subject line in the results. Now (and I can't say when this
happened, but it has been a while) the results from Spotlight are some
cryptic alpha-numeric .PMMessageMD listing, giving no indication as to
the title/subject of the mail. 

example; 00c114.PMMessageMD

Any insight? and again, sorry if I am bringing up a subject that may
have been addressed earlier.

Regards...


http://www.keylime.com
-- 
PM 5.2
G4 2x1.GHz, 1.75 RAM
OS X.4.4

Request...

[Steve Tarpin]

Jerome and Company;

I keep finding myself highlighting certain text or phrases, control-
clicking for the contextual-menu and hoping to see "search in Google" as
one of the options. This is happening many times a day, and as helpful
as the "Spotlight" option might be (to some), I haven't used it at all. 

Happy New Year! Keep up the good work!

Steve

http://www.keylime.com
-- 
PM 5.2
G4 2x1.GHz, 1
OS X.4.3

Server-Side Solution?

[Steve Tarpin]

Between a rock and a hard place here, maybe someone has a suggestion. I
have about 5000+ people on my mailing lists, and as you can imagine, the
majority of them are AOL users (ugh!) Well, as it is, AOL will not allow
me to email their members en-bulk as a SPAM-preventative, and a request
to get "white-listed" has been denied because I have a dynamic IP address
from Time-Warner (AOL's parent.) In order to get a static IP from T-W, I
need to shell-out an additional 50% above the ISP charges I am currently
paying.

Are there any PowerMail server-side solutions that I can implement
whereas my outgoing mails originate from my remote host (not T-W but
another provider who is hosting a number of my sites, all with static IP
addresses.) I'm just trying to find a workaround to this problem without
incurring any additional costs. Even if I have to use a different
application, although I would like to keep using PM without the need to
integrate another APP.

In advance...

Steve

http://www.keylime.com
-- 
PM 5.0.2
G4 2x1.GHz, 1
OS X.3.8

Feature Request

[Steve Tarpin]

Jerome and Co;

One feature I would LOVE to see in PM is an option within the contextual-
menu to interface a highlighted word into Sherlock>Dictionary. I
oftentimes find myself copying a word, opening Sherlock, pasting it in
order to verify the definition and proper usage. In advance...

http://www.keylime.com
-- 
PM 5.0.2
G4 2x1.GHz, 1.75 RAM
12" PB G4 867 GHz, 640 RAM
OS X.3.8

Print Script?

[Steve Tarpin]

Wondering what the possibilities are of having a script/filter work
together. There are specific "tagged" (by label/priority) emails that I
would love to have go directly to my printer so employees can process the
information/order without the necessity for me to be there and physically
send to the printer. Any insight?

s

http://www.keylime.com
-- 
PM 5.0
G4 2x1.GHz, 1.75 RAM
12" PB G4 867 GHz, 640 RAM
OS X.3.4

Re: Contextual-Menu Request

[Steve Tarpin]

>With the final 5.0 version, pressing the space key during a drag and drop
>will bring the window under the mouse to front; this should help in this
>situation.

2-ché Jerome, the best keeps getting better

Contextual-Menu Request

[Steve Tarpin]

When using PM on my desktop MAC (with two monitors) I have no problem
with moving a "contact" from an open mail to the address-book, and
specifically to designated folder and/or group. The address-book is
sitting across the way on a separate monitor and there is no overlapping.
However, on the PowerBook, it is a different story. It would be very
helpful to have included in the Contextual-Menu, an option that allows
users to >move contact to address-book >move to folder (whichever), or
>add to group (whichever.) 

Steve

http://www.keylime.com
-- 
PM 5.0b18
G4 2x1.GHz, 1.75 RAM
12" PB G4 867 GHz, 640 RAM
OS X.3.3

COPY>PASTE in AutoReply

[Steve Tarpin]

Interesting glitch, I would appreciate it if someone else would try this
and see if they get the same outcome. I was trying to revise some of my
filters that use an auto-reply. When I copied text from one application
to the clipboard and went to paste it in the "Set Reply" box (in Mail
Filters>Actions>Auto-reply> Set reply...) the application simply closed
the window (no paste) same as what would happen with a command+W. Tried
both with key-commands and via the edit-menu, same thing.

Any insight/verification would be appreciated.

s

http://www.keylime.com
-- 
PM 5.0b12 Carbon
G4 2x1.GHz, 1.75 RAM
12" PB G4 867 GHz, 640 RAM
OS X.3.2

Re: is this company still in business?

[Steve Tarpin]

>more than 200 messages in its database and i can't use it, so i'm 
>grappling with webmail...might anybody be able to suggest what the hell's 
>going on? is this company always this unresponsive?

I have NOT yet made the purchase, although I will, but after following
the instructions, my entire database (over 6000 messages) is accessible,
the application if fully functional (I believe until May-01) You need to
use the temporary key until they reply to you. I would imagine they are a
bit busy between the feedback and the incoming orders. It could also be
that they're working out the final details after the public beta instead
of cashing in new orders.

If all else fails, follow instructions.

http://www.keylime.com
-- 
PM 5.0b12
G4 2x1.GHz, 1.75 RAM
12" PB G4 867 GHz, 640 RAM
OS X.3.2

Re: Trying PM 5

[Steve Tarpin]

>I am very hesitant of trying PM5.

If it is any consolation at all, I think those of using PM for many years
and many upgrades will have little or no hesitancy to upgrade. The public
beta is the last step, and the development team end engineers have always
done a great job of preparing and tweaking the application before it even
gets to this point. 

>Maybe it's time to go back home and support Apple again.

Don't think using a (superior) third-party application constitutes non-
support of Apple. I wouldn't trade my MAC for anything, neither would I
trade PowerMail for anything.

Thanks to the crew and beta-testers.

s

http://www.keylime.com
-- 
PM 5.0b12
G4 2x1.GHz, 1.75 RAM
12" PB G4 867 GHz, 640 RAM
OS X.3.2

Re: PM5 - So far

[Steve Tarpin]

>>Now a BIG paper clip in the toolbar.

appears in a NEW MAIL

>>Did the "Activity Window" go away? I can show Background Processes,

It is there, but no longer seems to FLOAT, would like to see this come back

http://www.keylime.com
-- 
PM 5.0b12
G4 2x1.GHz, 1.75 RAM
12" PB G4 867 GHz, 640 RAM
OS X.3.2

Re: New Release Question

[Steve Tarpin]

>But I bet none of the beta testers can tell you anything.  That's how
>beta test cycle is usually :-)

Right you are, I've been there. Maybe this should have been offered as a
suggestion for any upcoming version; to retain this ability. As far as
using the PowerBook  in both locations, good suggestion, but the desktop
has much greater capacity/speed and the PowerBook has been relegated to a
what it is best at, portability.

regards...


Dual Gig G4-1.75gbRAM/X.3.2/PM4.2.1
12"PB867-649RAM/X.3.2/PM4.2.1 

New Release Question

[Steve Tarpin]

To those "in the know" regarding the new release of PM, will it still
allow me to move my entire user-file from one computer to another. I
place the file on my laptop when I go home, and open the application
right where I left off. The following morning, I put the user-file on the
desktop computer and (again) open the application right where I left off.
I am wondering, and concerned, that the new version might be structured
differently and would not allow this. Might sound like a silly question,
but if (for whatever reason) this cannot be done, it leaves me with...
well, it leaves me with PM 4.2.1, which will continue to work just fine.

Just curious, any insight is appreciated.

Steve

http://www.keylime.com
-- 
PM 4.2.1 Carbon
G4 2x1.GHz, 1.75 RAM
12" PB G4 867 GHz, 640 RAM
OS X.3.2

Re: List Policy (was: PowerMail Wish - In/Out trays)

[Steve Tarpin]

>I really love this list and its helpful and very active members. And I
>have no problems with humorous comments and a good laugh either. But I
>think we could spare ourselves some needless irritation if we could keep
>more academic and philosophical discussions regarding email behaviour and
>organization in separate threads instead of as direct answers to tech
>help questions.

2-ché

Re: REQUEST/WishList/Question

[Steve Tarpin]

>Shows the names of
>all your text clippings.

beautiful...

form follows what?

thanks

REQUEST/WishList/Question

[Steve Tarpin]

floating text-clipping window...

Has anyone used the application CopyPaste? A floating window which
minimizes into a tiny square until the cursor runs over it, then it
exposes a list of previously copied text which can be pasted. I would
love to see PM's TextClipping feature work in this manner. This could be
very valuable for those of us who try and personally reply to large
numbers of incoming emails. I have found little information on the Text
Clipping feature, does anyone have any advise or suggestions regarding this?

regards...

Steve

http://www.keylime.com
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PM 4.2.1 Carbon
G4 2x1.GHz, 1.75 RAM
12" PB G4 867 GHz, 640 RAM
OS X.3.2

Re: Request for Future Version and Auto-Reply Question.

[Steve Tarpin]

>Try to copy first a return from a mail or other textfile to the clipboard
>and paste it when you need it ... Hmm?

Doesn't work (on my end anyway) besides, I think it would be helpful that
the application could have this feature on its own, as all comments being
added are not coming from an incoming mail. I would like to be able to do
this without the necessity to use another application. As I said, I can wait.

Request for Future Version and Auto-Reply Question.

[Steve Tarpin]

To Jerome and Company...

I use the Comment-Box in my contact info for a variety of purposes
(tagging contact's location, date of addition to list, etc.) and would
find it very helpful to be able to enter  when making comments to
go to a new line, rather than adding information in one (sometimes) very
long line, or (now we're reaching) to be able to customize the comments
section add be able to add "custom" fields, in the manner we are able to
customize telephone numbers in Apple's AddressBook. I'm in for the long-
haul, so if not soon, maybe keep it on the boards for consideration.

Also, requested once before, maybe there is a way to do this, so if
anyone has a recommendation, please. I would like to add an attachment to
an auto-reply. I'm sure it is scriptable, but that knowledge eludes me. 

Thanks in advance...


Dual Gig G4-1.75gbRAM/X.3.2/PM4.2.1
12"PB867-649RAM/X.3.2/PM4.2.1 

Re: things

[Steve Tarpin]

>Which one of us hundreds or thousands of individual subscribers were you
>addressing, perchance?

Reminds me of an article in the NY Times yesterday, "Geeks Put the
Unsavvy on Alert: Learn or Log Off"

You might have to log-in to read, but well worth it.



http://www.keylime.com
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PM 4.2.1 Carbon
G4 2x1.GHz, 1.75 gb
12" PB G4 867 GHz, 640 mb
OS X.3.2

Re: Weird highlighting bug

[Steve Tarpin]

>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.

If there are unread messages in ANY tray/folder, that tray/folder will
show in BOLD, has been that way as long as I can recall.


Dual Gig G4-1.7gb/X.2.8/PM4.2.1
12"PB867-649mb/X.2.8/PM4.2.1 


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Re: upgrade request, anyone agree?

[Steve Tarpin]

>Well, now that I play with the idea a bit, couldn't we just add a
>contextual menu item for a selection that checks if a highlighted e-mail
>address is in the address book? 

This is what I am looking for, that the address-user is recognized in the
body of the mail the same way it is in the recipient box, with icon, that
way, as the contextual menu already allows us, we can delete from the body.

>
>write an AppleScript that combines this with
>a check for the static "Mail returned: user unknown" subject lines, or
>"permanent fatal errors" or "user unknown".

One problem with returns from the larger ISP's is that there can be many
returns on one mail for a variety of reasons (mailbox quota full etc.) in
addition to user unknown or permanent fatal error. One script might end
up deleting all included addresses because of one key-word. In addition,
to prevent accidental deletions from the mailbox, PM already includes the
ever-present warning before deletion, "cannot undo".

Simply recognizing iconized users in the body as such, would do it.

> if I'm not bastardizing what you meant to communicate...

not at all...

Re: upgrade request, anyone agree?

[Steve Tarpin]

>2x1MHz 

extremely fast!

upgrade request, anyone agree?

[Steve Tarpin]

>>>Have I got news for you... both of these points will be addressed in
>>>PowerMail's future !

I have made this request a number of times to Jerome and the staff, still
waiting to see this improvement and wondering if anyone else can bolster
my request, perhaps elaborate on it (if you understand what I am asking
for,) as sometimes I think my way of explaining things can be a bit unclear.

I send out mails to a number of groups, the largest group being my entire
mailing list of over 4000 names/addresses. Anyone doing the same
experiences the dreaded non-delivery notices, dead mailboxes, full
mailboxes, user unknown, whatever. Because PM recognizes the address ONLY
as an address (in the message text) and NOT as a user (with user-icon) I
have to double-click on that address, create an outgoing mail, reveal
that particular user in my address book and THEN delete them, then
discard the new outgoing mail. Quite a task when deleting 10% of your
entire address database.

If PM would recognize the addresses in the body of the mail as a user in
my database, a simple "delete user" from the menu would save me much time
and effort. This alone is making me look for another mail app, even
though I have been using PM for 4+ years. Perhaps I am overlooking
something that already exists in PM, so I ask for suggestions that do not
involve using another application. I guess what I am hoping for is some
support here, so that the folks making the improvements can see how
important this is to some of us.

regards...

Steve

PM 4.2.1

OSX 10.2.8
2x1MHz PowerPC G4
1.75 GHz

OSX 10.2.8
12" 867 MHz PB (powerbook lite)
640 MB

12" 

Re: retro-style

[Steve Tarpin]

> If it look too retro you might
>think the development doesn't catch up with modern times and drop it
>before you even gave it a chance.

form follows function, beauty follows form...