Re: Out Of Order Posts
From: Steve Washam (sew@valint.net)
Date: Sun, 06 Jul 1997 22:45:39 -0700
On Tue, 01 Jul 1997 17:11:56 -0400 tim@yarn.list (Tim Myddletan) wrote:
>Sun, 29 Jun 1997 19:22:35 -0400, bpaddock@csonline.net (Bob Paddock) wrote:
>>Alas it was me that did the DOS port of f_order. There has
>>been one persistent bug that I've not had the time to track
>>down when you start to get into large folders under DOS.
>
>Alas, alas, alas, alas! Alas indeed. I wonder, bug notwithstanding, if
>the DOS and OS/2 f_orders should get packed up together for posterity?
>
>>I cold move the things to folders but, news groups seemed
>>more suited to these particular messages.
>
>Yes, the thought of filtering mailing lists to folders instead of
>pseudo newsgroups leaves me feeling a little frigid as well. Oh well,
>it was just an idea... a last resort maybe, if desperate! But i
>doubt that you are that desperate. <-:
Aren't there utilities to move messages from a folder back to
SOUP or mailbox format *.MSGs - whatever you are importing?
It seems you could filter to a temporary folder, run your
f_order, run your utility that puts messages back into your
import format, save the filter file that specifies your filters
(because this filters to the temp folder), copy over a copy of
the filter file that specifies the proper psuedo-group, do your
re-import, and restore your regular filter file.
6 steps, but not unmanageable from a batch file.
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Steve Washam Walla Walla, Washington sew@valint.net
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