>I use selfold from YarnUtils 04 under 4dos in Windows 95
>
>1st i have to cd to the mail directory where my INBOX resides for
>Selfold to start working otherwise it complains that INBOX is not a
>folder or corrupt.
Yes, this is true. This may be a bug in the program.
>Then i start: selfold INBOX FRIENDS /M^From:my@friend.anywher
>
>What happens is that selfold displays:
>
>message nr 5 (2%)
>
>and stays that way. I see diskactivity for some minutes after my disk is
>full and there is a MAILBOX file of 260 Meg!!
>
>Any1 ANY idea ??
Well, in the doc that comes with YarnUtils (yarnutil), the author does
mention that this app is the least tested of all of them. Perhaps, he
did not test it under 4dos.
I tried running selfold from an MS-DOS prompt, and it worked. I run
Win95, and I only use DOS. You might want to try this, and see if it
solves the problem.
>Please help me to filter and file my messages *afterwards* ;)
In the future, you may want to use filter to move your incoming mail
into different folders. BTW, how big is your INBOX? If you can't get
selfold to work, you can always manually move the messages to a folder
(or folders) with the "o" command in Yarn. This may be a pain if your
INBOX contains a large number of messages, but, at least, it will work.
HTH.
Debra Walker
-- Debra Walker debraw@wwa.com Chicago, IL debra42@juno.com