Hello Cyrille, > Is this possible? If yes, how? > > Important: I don't want different folders for different languages. My > folders are organized by topic. > > Does somebody out there has some other hints what could be helpful in > dealing with mail in multiple languages?
It is possible to a certain extent. Although I basically just deal with two languages, English and Spanish, I'll give some ideas of things I've done in the past or do now. To start with, I would suggest that you create a QT (Quick Template) for each language and name them accordingly: ENG, ESP, GER, etc., in which you define the language, character set, perhaps signature and even account or from address if you wanted to use different accounts or from addresses for different languages. These QTs can then be used manually or 'automatically' from other QTs or templates. Let's talk first about NEW messages. Whether you use AB, folder or account templates, when you start a new message you can then type (anywhere in the body) the name of the adequate QT and hit <Ctrl+Space> to 'execute' it. After that, the proper language, etc. will be set. In order to not forget to use the appropriate QT you can include a list of the language QTs in your "New message template" like if they were a menu to choose from, something like this: ENG ESP GER This way, all you have to do is place the cursor at the end of the name of one of them and hit <Ctrl+Space> If you know that you always write in the same language to the same people, you can automate this even more if you use AB (Address Book) or Group templates by doing a %QUINCLUDE="LAN", where LAN is the name of the appropriate QT. If you can write to some people in more than one language (i.e. because you CC someone else), what you can include is a 'menu' of language QTs and you can decide manually each time you write to that person. What about replies and forwards? Obviously enough you have the same options as described above. But I will point you to another one a bit more automatic that I use to reply in the same language of the message I am replying to. The question is how can TB know what language is the original message in. I my case I "get help" from POPFile. Instead of configuring POPFile to just classify "spam" and "no-spam" I have trained it to recognise different languages and so, the messages are classified either as SPAM, or ENG or ESP. I have POPFile configured to include an X-Text-Classification: XXX, where, in my case, it can be either SPAM, ENG or ESP. Then, in my reply templates I include this line: %Cursor%QINCLUDE="SLANG"%- Obviously enough, SLANG is the name of the QT where I detect the language of the message I am replying to and set my reply accordingly. This is my: ,----- [ SLANG Quick Template ] | %IF:"%SETPATTREGEXP='(?im-s)^(X-Text-Classification)\:\s*(.*)$'%- | %REGEXPBLINDMATCH='%HEADERS'%- | %SUBPATT='2'"="eng":"%LANGUAGE='CSAPI BR'":"%LANGUAGE='CSAPI SP'" `----- In my case I am just choosing between two languages. So, if original message is not in English, it must be in Spanish. In your case you would have your SLANG QT a bit more complex. I hope I have been of some help and given you some ideas. -- Best regards, Miguel A. Urech (El Escorial - Spain) Using The Bat! v2.10.03 ________________________________________________ Current version is 2.10.03 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
