Jast,
Regarding your message dated: 09 February 2000...
J> Morning Mark R Harding,
J> Of course doing it manually like Steve suggested isn't a bad way to do it.
J> But if you're happy with one large folder for old messages you can
J> automate it fully:
J> . make the folder you want to move your messages in (duh) I suggest a
J> subfolder of the sent mail.
J> . make a sent mail filter applying to all mails and check the action to copy
message to another
J> folder and select the one you created.
J> . in the sent mail folder properties check the options "max number of
J> stored messages" and/or "keep messages in base fore days" and "remove
J> old messages".
This is pretty much what I was hoping to achieve. I have created a
sub-folder in 'Sent' called 'Archive of Sent' and have created an
'Outgoing Mail' filter that additionally makes a copy of the message
in the 'Archive of Sent' sub-folder. I copied all existing sent mails
from 'Sent' to the 'Archive of Sent' and set the expiry on the 'Sent'
folder to 30-days. (I can tweak this downwards later...)
Thus what I have now is a snappy and responsive 'Sent' mail filter
that allows me to review a message I sent recently without the
annoying delay associated with my larger archive folder.
Thanks to Jast for the advice here...
JDH> Here's how I handle the archiving, while keeping The Bat! running
JDH> lean and mean.
JDH> 1. Configure the folder options to leave messages in the base for
JDH> only 8 days. This can be done for the Send folder as well. Let it
JDH> purge messages automatically after that period.
JDH> 2. Use an automated backup program to save the mail database,
JDH> preferably to a different volume than the one The Bat! is on, as
JDH> generational archives.
JDH> (So far no dial-up problems today; knock on wood.)
This is also good advice. I have a similar strategy for backing up my
mail folders. The only real variation is that I create a copy
(automatically of course!) of the mail-folders on my unix account
because I have plenty of space (much more than on my PC anyway) and
the backup regime is administered by the local computing support guys
on a nightly basis so I can always rely on my data being archived. (In
fact, through a Samba interface I keep most of my important work
backed up this way too which is a nice redundant archive to have if
one has the chance.)
Thanks to John for the advice here...
All in all, a very satisfying end to another 'little niggle.'
Cheers,
Mark
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Using The Bat! 1.39
under Windows NT 4.0 Build
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Department of Electronics & Electrical Engineering
The University of Edinburgh, King's Buildings, Mayfield Road
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