> Hello MFPA,

> On Saturday, November 09, 2013 you wrote:


M>> Which boxes did you have ticked when clocking the OK button?

M>> In my version, with just the "incoming mail" and "re-filter selected
M>> messages only" boxes selected, for a single message in my TBUDL
M>> folder, clicking "OK" gets me two dialog boxes.

> Ticking the boxes as you stated:

> http://clip2net.com/s/68Djzd

> Then clicking OK gets me this:

> http://clip2net.com/s/68DoYt

M>> The first has a title of "test results" and a body text of "Processed
M>> by: The Bat! User Discussion List. Actions performed: Moved to the
M>> folder \\[Path to]\The Bat! User Discussion List. That dialog box also
M>> has an "OK" button and when I click, the box disappears and shows the
M>> second one that was hidden behind it. (My filter and my folder for
M>> TBUDL messages are both called "The Bat! User Discussion List")

M>> That one's title is "Test filters" and its body text is "Messages
M>> processed: 1. Messages Filtered: 1. Re-filtering complete." There are
M>> "Close" and "Help" buttons.

> As you can see, your "Test filters" box and mine differ.  The "box within the 
> box"
> contains a single long line which describes what actions were taken with this
> message as follows:

> Message from MFPA, subject "Re: Feature request?  Messages display filtering
> used.", size 6,368 bytes filtered (processed by "Processed by: Faux inbox.
> Actions performed: Move to the folder \\Jack S.  LaRosa\Faux inbox", 
> "Processed
> by: TBUDL List Server.  Actions performed: Move to the folder \\Jack S.
> LaRosa\TBUDL"), URL:
> msgid:04868015.20131109140042@my_localhost?folder=\\Jack%20S.%20LaRosa\TBUDL

M>> For what it's worth, ticking the "log filtering results" box appears 
M>> to make no difference. The results of the "Test Filters" function do 
M>> not appear in the account log. Maybe they are written to another file 
M>> somewhere, but I have never felt the need to look for one.

> Nowhere do I see an option to "log filtering results".

> I can only assume the difference in our versions is causing the disparity.  
> I've
> never used the right-click "test filters" option anyway.  I usually use the
> FOLDER + RE-FILTER and then only if I've created a new filter or modified an 
> old
> one.  Even then I'm only interested in whether the filter worked or not and 
> not
> in how it worked.  I can see however how such information might help in
> determining why a new or modified folder failed to work.  I'll try it next 
> time.




09 November 2013


I wasn't aware of the window behind the first one. The second window
is there and does indeed do what I was hoping for, thanks for pointing
out where I was going wrong.

-- 

Chris Wilson

"Using The Bat! v5.8.8 on Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 3"








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