Re: How to streamline and automate TB?
On Wednesday, April 9, 2008, 8:00:54 PM, Michael J. Sharp wrote: > Can this knowledgeable group please suggest concrete steps to take > to resolve this unholy mess? use a manageable number of accounts use common folders add the folder column to the message finder get an IMAP account, and set it up to collect all your pop mail keep better track of your accounts and what they are for -- Dwight A. Corrin 316.303.9385 phone ahead to fax dcorrin at fastmail.fm photo galleries at http://dcorrin.smugmug.com Using IMAP with The Bat! 4.0.20.2 on Windows Vista version 6,0 () Current version is 4.0.18 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re[2]: How to streamline and automate TB?
Hello Thomas, On Wednesday, April 9, 2008, 9:25:07 PM, you wrote: TF> Right-click on the columns of the message list, find the entry TF> "Message list columns" and click on it. Over here, I added Folder a TF> long time ago, because I also want to see in which foldeer a found TF> message is. Worked great, thanks. Now to streamline TB. Cheers! -- Michael J. Sharp B. Bus. (Marketing), C.N.E. cdisxm at thebat dot net Using the world's best e-mail client: The Bat! Pro v4.0.20.2 14 POP accounts and OFTE disabled AntispamSniper Professional v2.7.1.7 OS: Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 2 Psst! We are using the fastest browser on the planet: Opera v9.2.7 Virus and Antispyware: VIPRE 3.1.2040 (Beta) Firewall: Sunbelt SPF v4.5.916.0 General Inquiries: Tel : 581-5151 - Int'l +599 581-5151 Tel : (Local French Side) 06.90.10.02.95 - Int'l: +590690100295 General Inquiries: Tel : 581-5151 - Int'l +599 581-5151 Tel : (Local French Side) 06.90.10.02.95 - Int'l: +590690100295 ___ See TechniSMart.com Current version is 4.0.18 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: How to streamline and automate TB?
Hello Michael, On Wed, 9 Apr 2008 21:00:54 -0400 GMT (10/04/2008, 08:00 +0700 GMT), Michael J. Sharp wrote: MJS> The problem is now I have so many (13,000+ after pruning) I can MJS> never remember which mail box I am using for what types of MJS> messages, so each time I want to find anything I have to use MJS> Message Finder (F7) and search all folders. Of course Message MJS> Finder does not show you which folder it found the particular MJS> message in once I scroll through 100s of them looking for the one MJS> I want. Now I am spending more time trying to find things I know MJS> are there, than any other computer activity. Maybe there is some MJS> way to display the folder it is in when searching but I could not MJS> see it under view or anywhere else. In the Search window, click on the Results tab. This will also work when you haven't started any search yet. Right-click on the columns of the message list, find the entry "Message list columns" and click on it. Over here, I added Folder a long time ago, because I also want to see in which foldeer a found message is. -- Cheers, Thomas. Hier trifft man eine Menge Bekannter, die man sein genzes Leben noch nicht gesehen hat. * http://thomas.fernandez.hat-gar-keine-homepage.de/ Message reply created with The Bat! 4.0.20.2 under Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 2 Current version is 4.0.18 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
How to streamline and automate TB?
Hello Tbudl, As you can see I have now 14, soon 15 email POP addresses. They are really there so the user can send me an e-mail from various web sites, so they see a different identity, but as you can probably guess they all finish up for me to deal with. The problem is now I have so many (13,000+ after pruning) I can never remember which mail box I am using for what types of messages, so each time I want to find anything I have to use Message Finder (F7) and search all folders. Of course Message Finder does not show you which folder it found the particular message in once I scroll through 100s of them looking for the one I want. Now I am spending more time trying to find things I know are there, than any other computer activity. Maybe there is some way to display the folder it is in when searching but I could not see it under view or anywhere else. Can this knowledgeable group please suggest concrete steps to take to resolve this unholy mess? I asked a while ago for a tutorial and someone suggested the help pages, but what I want is a systematic way to as close as possible, automate TB message handling. I want all this e-mail to go into it's various folders. e.g. Support Ticket Request system. I don't want to use one of these free php trouble ticket systems, because I want everything under TB. The main reason I went to TB in the first place was because of its ability to handle multiple POPs, and powerful costomizability and features, and it is so good at its job. Ultimately my goal is to have TB handle most incoming support e-mails with canned responses automatically, but it seems quite a task to set up apart from just establishing some filters. Has anyone ever considered writing a book or booklet showing a business person how to maximize their benefit by using all these fancy tools TB has to offer? They are so powerful but I am afraid I feel I have only scratched the surface on getting the most out of TB. This site http://www.freeemailtutorials.com/theBat/ says they are writing one but its not yet ready. Of course I got some help from: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/howdoi.html but I am no programmer, nor do I have the time. I really like TB and I really want to find out how to run an on-line business, but it's pretty easy to get overwhelmed by TB's features unless you are e-mail guru (which I am not). I tried to understand the tutorial on RegEx, and I am trying to understand this tutorial from Silverstones.com. It would behoove me to solicit commercial assistance from this group, but I really want to work towards setting up a mailing campaign (not SPAMming), which will allow my fledgling company to grow. Upon googling for TB forums I come back to these same groups. Can someone please point me to other TB discussion groups etc. Cheers! -- Michael J. Sharp B. Bus. (Marketing), C.N.E. cdisxm at thebat dot net Using the world's best e-mail client: The Bat! Pro v4.0.20.2 14 POP accounts and OFTE disabled AntispamSniper Professional v2.7.1.7 OS: Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 2 Psst! We are using the fastest browser on the planet: Opera v9.2.7 Virus and Antispyware: VIPRE 3.1.2068 (Beta) Firewall: Sunbelt SPF v4.5.916.0 ___ See www.technismart.com General Inquiries: Tel : 581-5151 - Int'l +599 581-5151 Tel : (Local French Side) 06.90.10.02.95 - Int'l: +590690100295 Current version is 4.0.18 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
RE: Re[5]: Best way to use The Bat on two home computers?
Hi, Stuart, On Wednesday, April 09, 2008 5:49 AM, you wrote regarding my synchronization question: >By leaving the mail on the server you do not need to sync except for Sent mail. >When you connect to your email account with either machine it will download the >mail that the current computer has not downloaded before. (Note: you must make >sure that both computers are set up to leave mail on server.) > >To get sent mail you would need to CC or BCC yourself. >If you plan on syncing the 2 computers anyway, then you do not need to leave >messages on the server as it would serve no purpose. OK, thanks. I think I have a better picture of this now. Since I want to exactly duplicate on each computer what the other computer sees (including which messages are read and unread), it seems that I should leave both computers on and synch every night. However, if I leave messages on the server for at least 24 hours before deletion, then that will insure that messages downloaded in the morning to one computer can still be downloaded by the second computer in the afternoon and still read before the next synchronization takes place. This leads to my next question about synchronization: Assume desktop user Abe downloads e-mail in the morning: items a, b, and c are downloaded and Abe, in the morning, reads all messages and deletes items b and c from desktop. Assume laptop user Sara downloads the e-mail in the afternoon: items a, b, c, and d and Sara reads only item b and deletes nothing. Assume that a, b, c, and d will remain on server for 24 hours. At night, both the laptop and desktop synchronize. Here are my questions: 1. Will items b and c be deleted from the laptop or will they be added back to the desktop? 2. After synchronization, will item a appear as read on the laptop or revert to unread status on the desktop? If synchronization is invoked, is one computer designated a "master" such that however mail appears on THAT computer is controlling as to how it appears on the second computer, or is the process more complex? -- Avram Sacks Chicago Using The Bat ver. 4.0.18 (desktop) and ver 4.0.20 (laptop) on MS Windows Pro sp2 Current version is 4.0.18 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re[5]: Best way to use The Bat on two home computers?
Hello Avram, Tuesday, April 8, 2008, 6:59:29 PM, you wrote: > I also changed settings so that whenever one machine downloads e-mail, > it leaves it on the server for 14 days--a period that will be more than > enough to insure that e-mail gets downloaded on to both. (Which, if I > synchronize every night, I really wouldn't need to leave it on the > server for more than 24 hours, I would think.) > However, for synchronization, I can either use The Bat's own > synchronization feature OR Dan Lester's recommendation to use the > Directory Toolkit. By leaving the mail on the server you do not need to sync except for Sent mail. When you connect to your email account with either machine it will download the mail that the current computer has not downloaded before. (Note: you must make sure that both computers are set up to leave mail on server.) To get sent mail you would need to CC or BCC yourself. If you plan on syncing the 2 computers anyway, then you do not need to leave messages on the server as it would serve no purpose. -- Stuartmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Using The Bat! v4.0.20.2 on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 2 Current version is 4.0.18 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
