[pmmail-list] Filter emails and move them to folder of ANOTHER account possible?

[Richard Beeson]

I need to clarify my previous on bouncing and moving messages. "Bounce" will send a a copy of the message, without alteration, to 
a new email address. (But this can also be your own email address.) When you select "bounce," you are presented with a new field 
which has to be filled in with the target email address. "Forward" works the same way, but adds "RE" to the subject line and also 
reveals all the hidden headers (looks a bit cluttered, but it works). "Move" and "copy" will send the message to a different folder 
within the same account. You can mix these functions; for instance, you could bounce a message to a different account and 
move/copy it to a different folder in the original account, all within the same filter. You just have to be mindful of filter sequence.

On changing the subject line, you can use the "set subject" function within a filter, but it has to refer to the subject line of the 
message coming in. I have experimented with this, since it's not something I would normally use. If you tell the filter to search for 
something in the "from" field, and then use the "set subject" function, it won't work. It has to be looking for something in the "subject" 
field. I had it change the subject "test" to the subject "Message from Ben," and it worked successfully. It did not work when I told it 
to look in the "from" field for the sender's email address.

R.

On Sun, 25 Jul 2010 19:48:16 +0200 (MES), L.Willms wrote:

>On Sun, 25 Jul 2010 17:25:32 +0200 Ben Stover wrote:
>> 
>> As far as I can see I cannot move incoming msg in a filter rule to a folder 
>on ANOTHER account.
>> Is that correct?

>   Yes. 

>> Maybe there is a (non-manual) workaround/trick for this

>   You might call a script which does move the message. What you can't do, 
>though, with that script, is to index the folder you move the message to. You 
>will have to do it manually. 
>  
>   On OS/2, I have a REXX script which did change the subject line of an 
>incoming message (but which was more or less in vain, since PMmail already 
>had scanned the message for the items to put in the index), and another 
>script as a custom send script which would change the FROM header and 
>move the message to the outbox of another account. 

>   On Windows I would recommend to use VBscript instead of REXX. Don't be 
>confused by PMmail talking about "REXX exits" in the configuration; this can 
>be any executable file. 


>Cheers, 
>Lüko Willms
>-----------------------------------------------
>Frankfurt/Main  



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