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Mac Forum / Applications / Eudora / September 2006Attachments to Trash
I've got a filter for one specific mailing list in which I want any attachments to go to the Trash. It seems the only way to accomplish this is to select the "Move Attachments" action and then choose the .Trash folder inside my home folder. That wouldn't be so bad except that it doesn't seem to stick permanently. Every so often, I find that the attachments aren't getting trashed. When I go to the filter, I find that the destination for attachments in that action has reverted to the location where I send all other attachments. Eudora 6.2.3 sponsored mode in Mac OS X 10.4.7, if it matters. Any suggestions? = Steve =  SignatureSteve W. Jackson Montgomery, Alabama > I've got a filter for one specific mailing list in which I want any > attachments to go to the Trash. It seems the only way to accomplish [quoted text clipped - 10 lines] > > = Steve = A whole week and not a single reply? Is everyone stumped like me? :-) SignatureSteve W. Jackson Montgomery, Alabama > > I've got a filter for one specific mailing list in which I want any > > attachments to go to the Trash. It seems the only way to accomplish [quoted text clipped - 12 lines] > > A whole week and not a single reply? Is everyone stumped like me? :-) I'm a little stumped. You seem to know how to set your filter to send the attachments to the trash, so that's not the issue. I've got filters that send attachments to various places -- and have no problems -- but none of my filters sends the attachments to the trash. (I do, however, set my settings so that when a message is trashed, so are its associated attachments). My guess would be that this is some kind of OS X related issue -- perhaps OS X periodically deletes and then recreates the trash folder itself, so then Eudora doesn't know where it is? Would it work for you to send your attachments to a "junk" folder, which you periodically empty into the trash? (Not an ideal solution, I admit). SignatureRoberta Millstein usenet@spamaway.rlm.net Remove "spamaway" to reply -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com > > > I've got a filter for one specific mailing list in which I want any > > > attachments to go to the Trash. It seems the only way to accomplish [quoted text clipped - 23 lines] > for you to send your attachments to a "junk" folder, which you > periodically empty into the trash? (Not an ideal solution, I admit). I'm not thrilled that Eudora forces me to select the ".Trash" directory in order to have it trash attachments...I'm hoping that'll get changed in some future version. Most of the time, my junk mail with attachments get handled just as I want. This is a special case filter, though, for a development mailing list where one participant *insists* on having a vcard attachment in all messages and others very occasionally will send sample code demonstrating a question or answer. I seem to recall that some earlier OS X version (don't recall how far back) actually emptied the trash by deleting the .Trash directory, so I've considered that. But unless it's happening only intermittently, OS X no longer does that. So I'm at a loss as to why my filtered destination periodically changes. I could consider the alternative temporary folder location, but, as you say, it's not ideal. Still -- if this happens enough to *really* annoy me, then it's perhaps better to use a non-ideal solution that to have to change my filter often. Thanks, = Steve = SignatureSteve W. Jackson Montgomery, Alabama > This is a special case filter, though, for > a development mailing list where one participant *insists* on having a > vcard attachment in all messages and others very occasionally will send > sample code demonstrating a question or answer. Aha! If you'd said that right off, then I could have helped you. A long time ago, I found a "No-VCARDs" plug-in exists specifically to kill the little v-card turds (as I think of them). If you can't find it through Google, say the word and I'll email it to you as an attachment. It won't help with all of your mailing list attachments, but it will get the most annoying of them. SignatureRoberta Millstein usenet@spamaway.rlm.net Remove "spamaway" to reply -- Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com > > This is a special case filter, though, for > > a development mailing list where one participant *insists* on having a [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > It won't help with all of your mailing list attachments, but it will get > the most annoying of them. Actually, I was mistaken about that file being a vcard. The particular user who always includes an attachment has one named "mime.p7s". Looking inside it (it's binary) reveals some mention of "Thawte", which I recognize as a provider of certificates. I don't know whether Eudora simply doesn't respect that kind of attachment, or whether there's some impact from the fact that the mail is distributed as a list from Apple or what. = Steve = SignatureSteve W. Jackson Montgomery, Alabama [...] > The particular user who always includes an attachment has one named > "mime.p7s". Have you tried the "Kill p7s" Eudora plug-in? SignatureSander Tekelenburg, <http://www.euronet.nl/~tekelenb/> Mac user: "Macs only have 40 viruses, tops!" PC user: "SEE! Not even the virus writers support Macs!" > [...] > > > The particular user who always includes an attachment has one named > > "mime.p7s". > > Have you tried the "Kill p7s" Eudora plug-in? Well...I never heard of this before now, so I haven't tried it. Trouble is, I'm having no luck locating this or the earlier one mentioned about trashing vcd files (which I did get one of just very recently). Where the heck do I search for these plug-ins?!! = Steve = SignatureSteve W. Jackson Montgomery, Alabama [...] > > Have you tried the "Kill p7s" Eudora plug-in? > > Well...I never heard of this before now, so I haven't tried it. Trouble > is, I'm having no luck locating this or the earlier one mentioned about > trashing vcd files (which I did get one of just very recently). Where > the heck do I search for these plug-ins?!! Andrew's <http://www.emailman.com/eudora/> would be the first I'd try for third-party Eudora stuff. But note that although I have this plug-in I don't use it nor do I know where got it from. Maybe it's part of the Eudora distribution itself? SignatureSander Tekelenburg, <http://www.euronet.nl/~tekelenb/> Mac user: "Macs only have 40 viruses, tops!" PC user: "SEE! Not even the virus writers support Macs!" In article (Dans l'article) <stevewjackson-8D7DA4.16230522092006@individual.net>, Steve W. Jackson <stevewjackson@knology.net> wrote (écrivait) : > > > > I've got a filter for one specific mailing list in which I want any > > > > attachments to go to the Trash. It seems the only way to accomplish [quoted text clipped - 46 lines] > Thanks, > = Steve = I had the same problem and solved by setting a Folder action associated to the temporary folder that sends to the trash any document that gets in. It's simple to do and then all you will have to bother about will be to empty the trash once in a while. |
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