--- Steve VaValliereththebat-visions.com> wrote: > However, my issue is kind of the opposite problem... > There are > memenyessages that I want to keep around (some for > many YEARS) > without losing the bodies. If those bodies are only > stored > externally as .MSG files in the same folder where > all the other > attachments are kept, this is a problem. It makes > keeping the > attachments folder clean a rather large PITA.
hmhmmmmmm The only thing that comes to mind isn't pretty, and should be tested, first, of course, and yes, very PITA. ;) a) Export those messages with attachments you want to keep to Unix style mailboxes. b) Make sure your new mail settings keep attachments in the message bodies (for the next step) c) Import the messages into a new folder. This should make them part of the tbb file, I would think, instead of external attachments D) delete all those old messages and the messages you don't want, and the attachments should go with them. *But I would back everything up first in case it goes horribly wrong....* Not sure how this will work if there is a .msg inside a .msg inside a .msg like you get with Forwarded jokes, but embedded attachments are meant to be embedded attachments... A small test should decide whether this cures, helps, or does nothing to help you with your situtation. Set up a second bogus e-mail account as aprt of your test, and import into that, since it will have its own attach folder to inspect and review. Moving between folders didn't work (I did a quick test and looked into the tbb files, the mail keeps the original reference, eg. X-Content-File: C:\Program Files\The Bat!\MAIL\MY_ISP_A\Attach\IMAGE0013.JPG even though I moved it to the MY_ISP_B inbox. That's the only thing that comes to my mind, perhaps someone else has a better idea, but...... I think I know what you may doing ALL day Saturday! -- Andrew ________________________________________________ Current version is 3.0.1.33 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
