On Feb 19, 2008 9:21 PM, Tony B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Strangely, now that I get my email via gmail's AJAX web interface,
> I've sort of had to unlearn filters, since they instead offer these
> newfangled 'labels'. Ah well. Maybe I'll go back to using an old local
> email client with no filt
Well, I'm glad you didn't mistakenly think anyone said you HAD to do
it the right way! :)
But after all this time, one might think you'd have learned all about
email filters. This type of thing is what they're for.
Strangely, now that I get my email via gmail's AJAX web interface,
I've sort of ha
Tom, thanks for the lead. Here's a brute force solution it led to:
1. Copied a file to the "Local Folders" folder somewhere under
...\Application Data\Thunderbird\Profiles\... .
2. Tried deleting the file extension or changing it to mbox. Each way
worked when I tested it.
3. Started Thunde
Thanks, good point, but it doesn't apply here. These archives date back
years, and in any case I wasn't subscribed to them at the time. I'm now
researching mailbox formats as Tom just suggested.
-Andy
Tony B wrote:
Firstly, make sure you aren't subscribed to the digest. It makes no
sense to
Firstly, make sure you aren't subscribed to the digest. It makes no
sense to subscribe to a digest (that combines messages) and then break
the messages apart later. You are not saving bandwidth or anything,
you're only delaying delivery, making timely participation impossible.
Not to mention adding
>This is very timely. I'd like to expand (don't want to use that other
>"ex" word) some email archive files that are open and available to the
>public. These files are from some public mailing lists, they are text
>files (generally one file per month's worth of traffic), and they often
>are n
This is very timely. I'd like to expand (don't want to use that other
"ex" word) some email archive files that are open and available to the
public. These files are from some public mailing lists, they are text
files (generally one file per month's worth of traffic), and they often
are named
