[CUBE] Off Topic - need Mail help

[Erik Ableson]

Try http://scriptbuilders.net/category.php?cat=1

Lots of interesting applescripts for mail.app.  You don't need to dive 
into the Library folder to make backups or archives. You can make an 
archive (copy) of a mailbox by simply dragging it to the Finder.  The 
caveat being that you can't drag an IMAP folder directly and read it 
afterwards, but anything that you have filed locally (On My Mac) can be 
copied out and opened by double clicking.  So as long as you file 
locally you're all set.  If you're like me and most stuff stays on an 
IMAP server it's not practical.  Reminds me I have to write a script to 
sync an IMAP folder with a local folder to protect against the day that 
the IMAP server goes berserk or has a HD failure.

Cheers,

Erik

On 19 janv. 04, at 22:23, Ann Billups wrote:

>
> I have an off-topic question and was wondering if someone here could 
> direct me to the source of information to answer it.
>
> In my old (OS 9) email program (Claris Emailer), there was a way to 
> archive your email so you could then delete some email, but still have 
> an archive stored. I haven't found a way to do that in the new Apple 
> Mail program. The only information listed in Mail help is how to back 
> up(which is basically what I want to do), but this involved copying 
> several folders and files from different places in both the 
> Home/Library/ and the Users folders. I am not an AppleScriptor, but 
> this seems to be a perfect use for an AppleScript to perform all of 
> these duties at once and save it to a backup folder.
>
> Can anyone direct me to where I might find the answer to my need or 
> help with making the script?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Ann Billups
> abillups at earthlink.net
>
>
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