Re: Can I refilter my inbox?

From: Bob Paddock (bpaddock@csonline.net)
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 1999 14:20:03 -0500

>Recently, I imported a bunch of Email and to my shagrin, some of my
>filters were mis-configured. Needless to say, my inbox is full of a
>bunch of mail which should have been filtered to other
>folders.

In the YARN Utilites package, which I hope some can provide
the URL of, there is a batch file called 'RESEND'. You can
RESEND and any folder such as the INBOX back trough the
import process.

This is what the batch file looks like, and EXE files that
you don't have are probably from the YARN Util package:

::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
::
:: RESEND.BAT - reimports a folder to Yarn (Aux. file for RESETUP.BAT)
::
:: check neccessary environment variables and quit if not set.
if "%1" == "" goto help
if "%yarn%" == "" goto help
if "%logdir%" == "" goto help
if "%tmp%" == "" goto help

:: Ok, we hopefully start our task.
echo ********** Resend %1
echo.

:: first look, if folder/db file is corrupted
cntfold %1
:: if yes, then skip. (Those files won't be deleted. You would like to have
:: a look on them later, e.g. with EditFold.)
if errorlevel 1 goto ausgang
echo.

:: now make a soup file out of them, that can be fed to import.exe
:: uses active file in %yarn%
sendfold %1 /a:%yarn%\active /e-
:: uncomment the following line if you wish to run AddLines
rem addlines /b- /w.
pkzip -m %tmp%\soupsf.zip areas *.msg > nul
echo.

:: delete the file which has been processed by now.
del %1 > nul

:: finally, import the soup file
if exist \YARN\BOB\MAIL\inbox rename \YARN\BOB\MAIL\inbox bpaddock
if exist \YARN\BOB\MAIL\spam rename \YARN\BOB\MAIL\spam inbox
import %tmp%\soupsf.zip
if exist \YARN\BOB\MAIL\inbox rename \YARN\BOB\MAIL\inbox spam
if exist \YARN\BOB\MAIL\bpaddock rename \YARN\BOB\MAIL\bpaddock inbox
echo.

cd\YARN
yang -q

goto ausgang

:help
echo.
echo Syntax: RESEND.BAT folder³newsfile
echo ~~~~~~~
echo RESETUP.BAT reimports a folder/db file to Yarn, if the folder is not corrupted.
echo RESEND.BAT is an auxilliary batch for RESETUP.BAT, but may as well used for
echo its own.
echo.
echo RESEND.BAT requires the env. variables %%yarn%%, %%logdir%% and %%tmp%% to be set.

:ausgang

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