Re: Copying an account
Hi On Monday 19 February 2007 at 1:40:53 AM, in mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED], Thomas Fernandez wrote: I agree. I also leave all my mails on the server for a couple of days, so that they are not gone when I have a problem with Windows or TB!. To me, that is the sensible default action. I happen to choose 3 days. -- Best regards, MFPA Versifiers write poems for it. Using The Bat! v3.80.06 on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 1 Current version is 3.95.08 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re[2]: Copying an account
Hello, Roelof; Sunday, February 11, 2007, 11:30:11 PM, you wrote: RB Please, is it possible to copy (i.e. copy-then-edit) an entire Copy the account.cfn file from your old account to your new account RB I must have misunderstood something, or else this isn't quite right. I followed my own instructions and got the same result as you did, Thanks for checking. I'm relieved that at least I can follow simple instructions :-) didn't get any errors though, nor suffered any data loss (as far as I Maybe because I'm still using Win98SE. While you were trusting me and went bravely ahead. Sorry. If you can't trust the experts, who can you trust? :-) If this is an appropriate place to ask, then I'd like TB to have some means of copying-then-editing accounts. Of course one can go into a template and do Ctrl-A, Ctrl-C, then move to another account and replace the existing one, but it's a fiddle and extra work, even if you use a clipboard enhancer. I also see that when you set up a new account manually, the default is to delete messages on the server. I'd have thought that leaving them was better as a default, especially for TB newbies and new accounts not used before. -- Thanks, Robert Bull mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Using The Bat! v3.95.6 on Windows 98 4.10 Build A Current version is 3.95.08 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Copying an account
Hallo Robert, On Sun, 18 Feb 2007 16:58:26 +GMT (18-2-2007, 17:58 +0100, where I live), you wrote: RB If this is an appropriate place to ask, then I'd like TB to have some RB means of copying-then-editing accounts. That's more something for the wish list (see bottom of my message) RB I also see that when you set up a new account manually, the default is RB to delete messages on the server. I'd have thought that leaving them RB was better as a default, especially for TB newbies and new accounts RB not used before. I think delete on server is the appropriate setting. Most ISPs I know still limit their users to a 5 or 10 MB mailbox, so storing your mail on the server is a sure way to get it full. You can insert wishes in the wish list, by logging in to: https://www.ritlabs.com/bt/main_page.php Choose 'The Bat! wishes' and add a new item. First check whether someone has made the same wish, then you can support that wish. Wishes that are supported by more users are more likely to be granted than wishes by one. And the system isn't smart enough to understand that wishes might be the same. And add just one wish per entry. Makes everything easier, both for other users who want to add support and for the developers. -- Groetjes, Roelof I can resist everything except temptation. http://www.voormijalleen.nl/ The Bat! 3.96.8 (BETA) Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 2 1 pop3 account, server on LAN OTFE enabled P4 3GHz 2 GB RAM pgpBYKixXbHJW.pgp Description: PGP signature Current version is 3.95.08 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re[2]: Copying an account
Hello, Roelof; Sunday, February 18, 2007, 6:48:33 PM, you wrote: That's more something for the wish list (see bottom of my message) OK, thanks. RB I also see that when you set up a new account manually, the default is RB to delete messages on the server. I'd have thought that leaving them RB was better as a default, especially for TB newbies and new accounts RB not used before. I think delete on server is the appropriate setting. Most ISPs I know still limit their users to a 5 or 10 MB mailbox, so storing your mail on the server is a sure way to get it full. In the long term, yes. But, when starting a new account, I worry about deleting mail. -- Regards, Robert Bull mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Using The Bat! v3.95.6 on Windows 98 4.10 Build A Current version is 3.95.08 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Copying an account
Hello Robert, On Sun, 18 Feb 2007 20:28:52 + GMT (19/02/2007, 03:28 +0700 GMT), Robert Bull wrote: I think delete on server is the appropriate setting. Most ISPs I know still limit their users to a 5 or 10 MB mailbox, so storing your mail on the server is a sure way to get it full. RB In the long term, yes. But, when starting a new account, I worry RB about deleting mail. I agree. I also leave all my mails on the server for a couple of days, so that they are not gone when I have a problem with Windows or TB!. -- Cheers, Thomas. Ohnosecond: That minuscule fraction of time in which you realize you've just made a big mistake. http://thomas.fernandez.hat-gar-keine-homepage.de/ Message reply created with The Bat! 3.95.6 under Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 2 Current version is 3.95.08 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re[2]: Copying an account
Hello, Roelof; Sunday, January 28, 2007, 8:49:12 PM, you wrote: RB Please, is it possible to copy (i.e. copy-then-edit) an entire RB account, including templates etc.? Create a new account Close TB Copy the account.cfn file from your old account to your new account folder tree: copy account.flb I must have misunderstood something, or else this isn't quite right. I (think I) did that, but copying those files meant I ended up, after re-starting TB, with the new account having the *same name* as the old one it was copied from. I had all sorts of errors :-( It took ages to get back to normal, and obviously some things were lost. What did I miss? -- TIA, Robert mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Using The Bat! v3.95.6 on Windows 98 4.10 Build A Current version is 3.95.08 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Copying an account
Hallo Robert, On Sun, 11 Feb 2007 22:22:15 +GMT (11-2-2007, 23:22 +0100, where I live), you wrote: RB Please, is it possible to copy (i.e. copy-then-edit) an entire RB account, including templates etc.? Create a new account Close TB Copy the account.cfn file from your old account to your new account folder tree: copy account.flb RB I must have misunderstood something, or else this isn't quite right. You're right. Apparently something changed in TB's behaviour as I did this before and it used to work. Was quite a while ago though. Maybe even with v1 or v2 and TB has been changed since then. I followed my own instructions and got the same result as you did, didn't get any errors though, nor suffered any data loss (as far as I can see) But then after noticing it went wrong I closed TB again and deleted the account directory for the new account. While you were trusting me and went bravely ahead. Sorry. -- Groetjes, Roelof Put off procrastinating till a later time. http://www.voormijalleen.nl/ The Bat! 3.96.04 (BETA) Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 2 1 pop3 account, server on LAN OTFE enabled P4 3GHz 2 GB RAM pgpJTMu1yPnZk.pgp Description: PGP signature Current version is 3.95.08 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Copying an account
Hello, All; Please, is it possible to copy (i.e. copy-then-edit) an entire account, including templates etc.? -- Regards, Robert Bull mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Using The Bat! v3.85.03 on Windows 98 4.10 Build A Current version is 3.95.08 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
Re: Copying an account
Hallo Robert, On Sun, 28 Jan 2007 17:35:47 +GMT (28-1-2007, 18:35 +0100, where I live), you wrote: RB Please, is it possible to copy (i.e. copy-then-edit) an entire RB account, including templates etc.? Yes Create a new account Close TB Copy the account.cfn file from your old account to your new account folder tree: copy account.flb filters: copy account.srb QTs: copy account.qtn Start TB Go to your new account and edit the account properties, because all properties are stored in the account.cfn file, that's including the server settings. When you're using OTFE the first character of the file extensions is substituted by the E (Encrypted). -- Groetjes, Roelof Forget RTFM - Call The Author At Home! (@ 23:45) http://www.voormijalleen.nl/ The Bat! 3.95.8 Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 2 1 pop3 account, server on LAN OTFE enabled P4 3GHz 2 GB RAM pgpsDH6BGTUaZ.pgp Description: PGP signature Current version is 3.95.08 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
