Hello ztrader,
On Saturday, September 02, 2000 at 15:03:51 GMT -0700 (which was 3:03 PM
where I live) witnesses say ztrader typed:
> 1. External pgm writes a batch file for TB.
> 2. TB sees this file and executes:
> /check dummy (this gets the POP3 mail)
> 'dummy' filter puts all mail in a Unix file
> /export flag file (this tells the external pgm it is done)
> 3. External pgm process the Unix email file, then
> writes another batch file for TB
> 4. TB sees this file and executes:
> /import processed file to 'real' mail account inbox
<snip>
> Any way to get TB to run this folder through the filters?
> OR - is there a better way to do this? As a beginner, I'm still
> learning about TB :-).
I'm not sure I'm following you completely, so please let me know if
this is applicable.
You want TB to fetch your mail from the server, export it, have an
external program process it and then import it back into TB?
If that's the case, do you already have the external program, or are
you planning on writing one for this task? Either way, there may be
a less complicated solution for what you want.
My suggestion would be, get a program that will act like a local mail
server (Hamster springs to mind, but I'm sure there are lots of other
ones). Hopefully you can find one that will store the messages in a
plain text file format. Once you do that, have your filtering program
run on this server file. When that's complete, TB could just
download the mail like normal, except it would get it from your local
server instead of your ISP.
If this is not acceptable, then how about creating a second account
(account B)in TB. So now you'd have account A and B in TB. Change
account A so it never checks your mail server for new messages. In
account B, change your e-mail address slightly (eg [EMAIL PROTECTED]),
and set account B so it can check your mail for you. Also, under
Networking and Administration, select "Allow Local Delivery." This
just bypasses your ISP's mail server. In fact, you can make it so
Account B can not access your ISP's mail server, and this should
work.
Now for the rest of this, you'll have to play around to find the best
solution. You can export using filters, or using command line
parameters in a batch file. See the help file for use of the /Export
command line parameter (it's under the contents tab, not the index).
Have your batch file call your external program, then use the command
line /Import function to import your processed file back into a
subfolder in Account B. Run a manual filter on this subfolder. This
manual folder should redirect your messages to the address specified
in account A (eg [EMAIL PROTECTED]), and delete them from the
subfolder. Now your messages will be processed as though you were
downloading them off of your mail server.
This second method may prove to be effective, you'll just need to
play around to see what will work best for your purposes. Hope this
helped.
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Thanks for writing,
Januk Aggarwal
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Using The Bat! 1.46 Beta/3
under Windows 98 4.10 Build 2222 A
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