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jsquareg

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Dec 5, 2009, 8:32:35 AM12/5/09
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Is there a way to have the Subject of a message appear automatically
in the File Name field of the Save Message As command?

Thank you.

Nick Spalding

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Dec 5, 2009, 8:44:02 AM12/5/09
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jsquareg wrote, in <02okh5168ge3fos81...@4ax.com>
on Sat, 05 Dec 2009 08:32:35 -0500:

> Is there a way to have the Subject of a message appear automatically
> in the File Name field of the Save Message As command?
>
> Thank you.

I think not.
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jsquareg

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Dec 5, 2009, 8:50:14 AM12/5/09
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On Sat, 05 Dec 2009 13:44:02 +0000, Nick Spalding <spal...@iol.ie>
wrote:

>jsquareg wrote, in <02okh5168ge3fos81...@4ax.com>
> on Sat, 05 Dec 2009 08:32:35 -0500:
>
>> Is there a way to have the Subject of a message appear automatically
>> in the File Name field of the Save Message As command?
>>
>> Thank you.
>
>I think not.

Thanks.

I didn't think so either but just thought I would check.

Christopher A. Lee

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Dec 5, 2009, 9:30:02 AM12/5/09
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On Sat, 05 Dec 2009 08:32:35 -0500, jsquareg <XXX...@widomaker.com>
wrote:

>Is there a way to have the Subject of a message appear automatically
>in the File Name field of the Save Message As command?
>
>Thank you.

I doubt it - it's actually "Save Messages" not save message. It writes
all the sellected messages to a single file so which name would it
choose?

Many of us use this to archive the email database to make sure it
doesn't get too big and for backup.

Jim Higgins

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Dec 5, 2009, 10:39:12 AM12/5/09
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What I'd like to see is an option to add a folder name to the headers
(X-Folder: XYZ) of each saved messages so they land in the "right"
place automatically if I need to import them later.

Cindy Ross

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Dec 12, 2009, 10:42:17 AM12/12/09
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>Is there a way to have the Subject of a message appear automatically
>in the File Name field of the Save Message As command?

You could save to an arbitrary name, then write a script that would
extract the subject and rename the file. Would need to watch out for
and either ignore or replace characters that are illegal in file names!

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