Hi Ricardo, ON Monday, February 24, 2003, 9:08:32 PM, you wrote: G>> Now how would I send mail that I have collected in folder for G>> forwarding and would it be possible to generate a status report?
RMR> about forwarding certain mails, I would make a filter that saves the RMR> text of those incoming email into a text file, using a template that RMR> includes all the relevant information (date, from, to, subject, text, RMR> something else if you want) and telling The Bat! to concatenate each RMR> email to end of that text file. I think this is very ingenuous. It will take a bit of Cut&Paste to reply but I can see this work. great idea. RMR> Then make another filter that answers to your order (maybe a message RMR> with "send status" in the subject, or something more secret) and RMR> replies with a message that "includes" the text file in the body of RMR> the message. That way you will receive a file with all your emails, RMR> one after the other. It's not exactly forwarding, but it gets close. RMR> Keep in mind that you won't receive the attachments of those messages. I my case attachements are not a problem. Forwarding of the file is jus a matter of creating a template. RMR> If you think you'll receive a lot of emails, you may want to "reset" RMR> that text file to avoid transmitting again and again the same messages. RMR> To do that you can create a 3rd filter, with another command like RMR> "erase history" that saves the text of the incoming mail to the text RMR> file (like the first filter) but with an empty template (so that it RMR> doesn't save anything) and with the option to overwrite the file RMR> activated. The resetting the file might prove tricky. I will check the help files and see if I can find something there to do this. RMR> I hope this helps you, if you need help to write the filters just RMR> tell. It dit help with so good thinking :) -- Best regards, Gerard -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= It is on this terrace that the Oldest Member sits, watching the younger generation knocking the divot. ... Using The Bat! v1.62h on Windows 2000 5.0 Build 2195 Service Pack 3 ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.62 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
