Kmail will allow you to run your filters on current messages. If it is not moving messages that match the rule, likely, there is another rule that conflicts. You may want to experiment with the 'stop processing filters' rule..... --------------------)> oRiGiNaL MeSsAgE <(-------------------- From ---------------)> Vaughn Treude Date ---------------)> Sun, 1 Aug 2004 09:42:11 -0400 Subject ------------)> Re: OSS project idea On Saturday 31 July 2004 13:32, you wrote: > >>While the suggestion below is valid and helpful, > >>it is, I believe, not the most efficient way to handle > >>this matter. I think Vaughn's idea has great potential > >>because I imagine his 'mbex' utility is or can be a > >>invoked as either a command line utility or perhaps > >>a cron invoked utility and thus could be used to take > >>care of a lot of things that creating kmail filters are > >>much slower and more cumbersome to accomplish. > >> > >>I continue to waste a huge amount of time creating filters > >>(both at my ISP's end) and with kmail filters and I still > >>can't get ahead of the game. I can imagine that what > >>Vaughn has described could potentially be adapted to > >>accomplish a lot of this much more efficiently. > > > > You're right about that, Joe. I'm aware that filters can be useful. My > > problem is that I often get into a situation where I "should have" > > created a filter earlier, that is, I didn't realize beforehand I'd need a > > separate folder. Same goes for Craig's suggestion, though perhaps > > Evolution would be a better choice than kmail. I also definitely want my > > contact list in a separate document, though I might be able to accomplish > > that by exporting to a text format and the reimporting. OTOH, Craig also > > mentioned that there are "a lot of mbox tools." That was what I wanted > > to avoid doing over. Like I said, I encountered two possible candidates, > > but they seemed to be incomplete or stalled. I will check again though, > > and try some different search terms. > > If Kmail works like Mozilla/Thunderbird in regards to filters, then you > should be able to create a rule at any time and run it against a current > mbox folder. I do this all the time with Mozilla since I sign up for > mailing lists and then after receiving a few messages decide how to filter > those messages into their own folder (e.g. something in the subject, the to > address, the from address, etc...). Kevin, Thanks for the suggestion. I was able to easily create a filter rule, but it didn't transfer my existing messages that matched the filter criteria. Does Mozilla do that? That would be cool indeed. I assume that these would end up in a new mbox file. That's OK, but for me there is still a bit of utility in extracting emails as separate files, and in automagically saving the attachments. It would save space (especially since my program would delete the header's routing information by default - and also by converting attachments back to binary) and make it possible to use all the text tools I'm accustomed to. These files would also be more exportable to other systems, since you wouldn't need an email client to read them. Anyhow, I'll continue to work on mbex for my own purposes at least, unless I find some other way to auto-extract the messages. Vaughn > --------------------------------------------------- > PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us > To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: > http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss