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Date:	Sat, 28 Aug 2004 10:11:00 PDT7
From:	Ray Davison <raydav@charter.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Mozilla mail filters

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Peter Skye wrote:
>
> I want to learn how to write Mozilla/Thunderbird email filters and all
> the subtleties therewith such as:
>
> -- writing filters that you can apply to individual folders
> so for example I could have the SCOUG, POSSI and OS2UK
> mail lists all go into a QuickReview folder and after
> I've looked at them I could filter them to separate
> SCOUG, POSSI and OS2UK folders.
> -- writing customized filter code so for example I can match
> the In-Reply-To header line's value with the Message-Id
> value of messages I've sent
> -- writing an import program that can read filter info from
> a data file and install these new filters into
> Mozilla/Thunderbird.
>
> I can't find any documentation on this but I know it must exist
> somewhere.

First, I would like to know if we are within the original scope. It
is my understanding that your concern is that if you moved from NS
2.02 to Mozilla you might lose some capability you now have. That
implies that your desires expressed above are things you are now
doing. Is that true? And if so, are you doing them within NS, or are
you manipulating email files, outside of NS, after the messages are on
your HDD?

I went from NS 2.02 to 4.61 and then to Mozilla about version 0.9. I
am not aware of any lost capability.

You have been asking what-if questions about Mozilla for what, a year
or so. Don't you have enough HDD space to install a copy and look at
it? It is easy it install, in a structure that suites you. And once
it is setup changing to a new version is just delete a tree and unzip
a new one, and then maybe copy or open some customization files that
you have saved.

You can have multiple versions and share email files between versions
and across platforms. When I was transitioning from NS to Mozilla I
shared email files between the two, and I now share them between
Mozilla OS/2 and Win.
>
> By the way, does Mozilla have a threaded message view like Netscape
> 2.02? I assume it does.

Don't assume, try it. Sort by: Date, Flag, Order Received, Priority,
Sender, Recipient, Size, Status, Subject, Read, Label, Junk Status.
Ascending or Descending. Threaded or Unthreaded.

Filtering generally starts one of two ways; the
Create-filter-from-message function or the Message filters maintenance
window.

Ray

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