Sunday, October 21, 2012, 11:46:17 PM, you wrote: > I would appreciate it if someone could explain to me how virtual folders > work in The Bat.
I'll start by saying that all of this reply deals only with POP3 access to the server; I do not use IMAP at all. I want my messages stored only on my local machines, not retained on a server outside my control -- and I do use a gmail account, configured to download via POP3 at regular intervals. I have three virtual folders: unread, flagged, and parked, in addition to five account folders and almost 200 common folders that form a filing system for my messages. The five accounts connect to three actual mail servers: one from my ISP, one from my web presence provider, and one from gmail. The other accounts allow for different formatting of outgoing messages. All except for the ISP account are checked for incoming mail at intervals ranging from 5 to 10 minutes, staggered to minimize the number of times more than one is being checked at the same time. The common folders form a tree with a small number of general categories at the top, more specific categories in some of those, and specific correspondents at the lowest level. When incoming messages arrive, the Sorting Office in TB! moves all that it can recognize to the appropriate common folder. At the same time, the "unread" virtual folder collects the address of each new message within the tree of common folders. Those not recognized by the Sorting Office remain in the inbox of the appropriate account so that I can move them manually, and they too appear in the "unread" virtual folder, which is the only one I display in the message list (selected by tabs at the bottom of the message list pane). I also use the "sound" properties of each account folder and some common folders to help me identify the sources of messages that are of most interest to me. Once the accounts are set up, all this is automatic, and it's why I continue to use TB! even though I have to do so in a virtual machine since I no longer boot directly into Windows. When I create a new common folder, there's an area in its property pages to select which virtual folders watch it. If I create another virtual folder, its properties include filter criteria and a list of actual folders that it will watch. My Sorting Office filters always just direct messages to one of the common folders. And after these initial setup steps, TB! does the rest automagically. Hope this helps! The best way to learn, though, is to try it for yourself and experiment a bit. -- Best regards, Jim mailto:[email protected] Using The Bat! v4.2.36.4 on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 3 on VirtualBox 3.2.12 under Xubuntu 10.04.2 with AntiSpamSniper Version 3.2.4.5 ________________________________________________ Current version is 5.2.2 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
