Re[2]: Easy Archive (Was: Re: message base index file)

[Chris Wilson]

Hello MFPA,

On Wednesday, July 5, 2017,  you wrote:

> Hi


> On Wednesday 5 July 2017 at 2:23:31 PM, in
> , Chris Wilson wrote:-



>> Can this archive reside on a different drive to TB!
>> itself please?


> Yes. This "Archive" account is just another email account as far as
> The Bat! is concerned. The home directory location is set during the
> new account wizard and can be changed at Account | Properties | Files
> & Directories. It can be on any drive.






OK, thanks for that I will give it a try, much appreciated!



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Re: Easy Archive (Was: Re: message base index file)

[MFPA]

Hi


On Wednesday 5 July 2017 at 2:23:31 PM, in
, Chris Wilson wrote:-



> Can this archive reside on a different drive to TB!
> itself please?


Yes. This "Archive" account is just another email account as far as
The Bat! is concerned. The home directory location is set during the
new account wizard and can be changed at Account | Properties | Files
& Directories. It can be on any drive.



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Re: Easy Archive (Was: Re: message base index file)

[Chris Wilson]

Hello MFPA,

On Wednesday, July 5, 2017,  you wrote:

> Hi


> On Monday 3 July 2017 at 9:34:50 AM, in
> , Tom wrote:-


>> I  wish there was an easy way to archive old emails
>> in a way that they
>> are stored in a static way outside of the active
>> program or database.  


> This is what I do. I got the idea from MAU on this list about ten 
> years ago, and I may as well paste in his description:-



Can this archive reside on a different drive to TB! itself please?
What a neat solution, thanks for the link.








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Re: Customising the Menu & Toolbars

[MFPA]

Hi


On Wednesday 5 July 2017 at 12:15:37 PM, in
, Tom wrote:-


> I  tried this via rightclicking
> in the headers and
> then customize but somehow I don't end up with what I
> am looking for.
> E.g.  I  used  to have smallish icons without text
> and now some of the
> buttons   take  up  a  lot  of  space . 


The customise dialogue has three tabs. On the Options tab, maybe you 
need to uncheck "show button captions".



> Also, for the
> format container,
> I  can  see  many  Actions in the middle and options
> on  the right under Layout but on my page I
> have only Left/Centre/Right/Justify and Insert Smiley.
> I tried to follow the instructions in the helpfile
> but get stuck.  How
> would I add Bold to appear in my formatting container?  

I have no experience of this as it is not used in ordinary plaintext
emails. However, I just tried opening a new message window and
right-clicking in the headers and then customise.

If I click the "+" next to Format in the right-hand box, the menu 
expands and Bold is one of the listed items. If I highlight Bold and 
click the left arrow between the centre and right-hand boxes the word 
Bold vanishes from the right-hand box. 

In the list under Format in the right-hand box I now select the item I
want Bold to appear below, then select the word Bold in the middle
box, then click the right arrow between the centre and right-hand
boxes and the word Bold re-appears in the right-hand box below the
entry I previously highlighted. (I cannot directly make Bold the first
item in the list. To get it in that position, I have to get it into
second place, then delete the top item, then reinstate that item in
second place below Bold.)



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Easy Archive (Was: Re: message base index file)

[MFPA]

Hi


On Monday 3 July 2017 at 9:34:50 AM, in
, Tom wrote:-


> I  wish there was an easy way to archive old emails
> in a way that they
> are stored in a static way outside of the active
> program or database.  


This is what I do. I got the idea from MAU on this list about ten 
years ago, and I may as well paste in his description:-





On Wednesday 10 January 2007 at 1:32:49 PM, in
, MAU wrote:-


> Hello Lex,

>> Is there a way i can do this or something very
>> similar in the bat! ?

> Similar and from my POV even better and easier. I got
> the idea from
> someone else (don't remember who), but this is what I
> do:

> - I have a password protected account (will explain
> later why it is
> password protected) that I call 'Archive'.

> - This Archive account duplicates the folder tree
> structure of my main
> account. Actually, it just duplicates the folder I do
> want to archive.

> - In the Properties/General of each of the folders of
> my main account
> that I want to archive, I tick the option 'Keep
> messages in the vase for
> (days)' and enter the NN number of days.

> - In Properties/Deletion, I tick the 'Use folder
> specific deletion
> settings' option.

> - Then, for 'Alternative deletion' I select 'Move to
> the specified
> folder' and, of course, I browse to select the
> corresponding folder in
> the 'Archive account'.

> - And also tick the box for 'Use alternative deletion
> for purging this
> folder'.

> And that is it. As I have said, I do this in each of
> the folder I do
> want to archive. Now, when every night I run ?folder
> Maintenance with
> the Purge and Compress option, the 'old messages' in
> each folder are
> automagically moved to the corresponding folder in
> the Archive account.

> What's the benefit of doing this? Well, as I said at
> the beginning, the
> Archive account is password protected. This way, when
> you start TB, it
> will not open any password protected account and
> 'waste time' in opening
> each of it folders. Only when I need to find an
> archived message is when
> I select my Archive account, enter the password and
> open it.

> One other thing I do to easily remember which folders
> I have set up for
> 'automatic archiving' is to assign these folders to
> an 'Archive Colour
> Groups' (blue in my case). This way, I can easily see
> in my folder tree
> which folder do have an corresponding archive one.

> I'm really happy with this set-up.  





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Customising the Menu & Toolbars

[Tom]

Hello Everyone,

is  there  some  help  available ( a good link somewhere on how to customise 
the Toolbars?  I
forgot  how  I did this many years ago and I fail to redo this after a
new  installation.  I  tried this via rightclicking in the headers and
then customize but somehow I don't end up with what I am looking for.
E.g.  I  used  to have smallish icons without text and now some of the
buttons   take  up  a  lot  of  space . Also, for the format container,
I  can  see  many  Actions in the middle and options on  the right under Layout 
but on my page I
have only Left/Centre/Right/Justify and Insert Smiley.
I tried to follow the instructions in the helpfile but get stuck.  How
would I add Bold to appear in my formatting container?

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