Using The Bat! v1.53d on Windows NT 4.0 Build 1381 Service Pack 5 Hi All,
I'm trialling TB with a view to replacing MS Outlook. So far, so good. However, I need to archive messages so that they can be temporarily "mounted" at a later date. For info, in Outlook, I do this using the auto-archive feature to move all messages older than a certain age into an archive personal folders file (.pst) that I can temporarily open whenever I need to search for a particular message. So far, I've looked at these TB features: Backup/restore -- I can't find a way to _temporarily_ access the messages in the backup set. I haven't done a backup/restore to test this, but it looks as though TB would just add all those messages to the existing folders. Export/Import -- I can't find a way automatically to export only those messages older than a certain date (although I can find switches to export newer than the set date). It looks as though exporting would need to be done by hand. That said, I can't find any way to temporarily mount an exported UNIX mailbox or lots of .msg files (about the best I can do so far is to import the messages into a temporary folder, then delete the folder after I've finished viewing the messages.) Starting TB with the /EXPORT switch on the command line looked promising because it would allow batch export to specified folders (approximating the auto-archive feature of Outlook). However, for that to work, I'd need to be able to specify "older than xxxx" rather than the "newer than xxxx" that feature provides. TIA for any ideas? -- Geoff Lane Cornwall, UK [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ________________________________________________________ Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Vers: 1.53d FAQ : http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com
