Hallo Indie_Dev, On Wed, 22 Aug 2007 12:41:58 -0400GMT (22-8-2007, 18:41 +0200, where I live), you wrote:
ID>>> Why? I don't think it needs any such date. Why would you want to know ID>>> the import date? >> Maybe that's because that's relevant with regard to your purge >> settings. You can set the maximum age in the purge settings for every >> folder. That age doesn't count from the creation date, nor from the >> date it was received at your ISP's server, but from the date the >> message got in TB';s message base, whether it got there via pop3, imap >> or import. ID> Thats still not logical. If you're going to purge emails, there are ID> lots of criteria which you can use, without having to resort to an ID> additional - and improperly handled - header information. Come on. Read what I write. Purging isn't based on header information, it's based on date of arrival. For me it's quite logical. When my aunt goes on holiday to Germany and sends me postcard (she did), I don't care when the card has been sent, because I haven't seen it. I don't care when it's been delivered into my mailbox, as I haven't seen it yet. I do care when I collect the card from my mailbox, because that's the moment I see it. Now I decide to archive my cards when they're seven days old, I don't start to count from the day they were sent, nor from the day it arrived in my mailbox, but I count from the day I've got it in my hands, that's logic. And that's the same logic TB uses. ID> Yesterday, in this thread, I posted one of the emails from 1996 ID> which has been exported from EudoraPro format to TB by a third party ID> program. Here it is again. As you can see from line 4, the program did ID> in fact insert a value in the header and which had no effect ID> whatsoever on how Thunderbird handled the aging and sorting of my ID> email. So, if I wanted to purge emails (e.g. all emails between ID> 1996-1997) I can still do that in Thunderbird without requiring it ID> messing with the 'received' date of my email during import. Two things. TB is using a different approach to automatic purging than you are used too. However, that doesn't mean it's wrong. It doesn't even mean it's better or worse than what you were used too, it's merely different. Your problem is that you've got this load of messages that you want to integrate into a different system and now you find that different means that you run into some incompatibilities. Use the things that work and don't fixate on the things that don't work as want. The received date doesn't work like you want? Use the creation time stamp. Second thing. When we talk on this list about TB, we mean The Bat!, when you're mentioning TB, you mean Thunderbird. While TB is a perfectly proper abbreviation for Thunderbird, we're using it differently. When in Rome act like a Roman. -- Groetjes, Roelof I think therefore I am overqualified. http://www.voormijalleen.nl/ The Bat! 3.99.8 Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 2 2 pop3 accounts OTFE enabled P4 3GHz 2 GB RAM
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