[TechAssist] Re: Mozilla and Thunderbird Vs natscape: Copying/moving emails from within the search window]
- From: Gary McCartney <gary@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 11 Jan 2005 16:49:19 -0500
Yes, you appear to be correct, the messages can't be copied from the
search to some other folder. What you could do is move them to a temp
folder, then copy them back to where you found them and wherever you
want. Keep in mind, that Mozilla is really in a continuous beta mode,
they just keep evolving it all the time. Try going to the Mozilla web
site, join up the wish-list formum and put in a good word for the
features you'd like to see in the program. If enough people ask, they
may include it later. I know one feature they never used to have was to
allow the signature file to go underneath a reply to a top-posted
message- the sig would always be at the very bottom of the email. Lots
of people asked (including me) and eventually in verion 1.6 they
included the option for sig file beneath a top-posted reply (like right
here).
Gary McCartney
McCartney Electronics
Guelph Ontario Canada
Est. 1984
email: gary (at) number63.ca
Phil Bader wrote:
> YES! I'm not insane!
> Whew.
> Now thats the rub. What if you /do not/ want to /dump/ them.You still
> want to keep them in the main folder (say, 'consumer electronics") and
> only want to COPY them over to a special folder (say, "Zenith fixes")
> See what I mean? Can't do it!
> Ha!
> sorry, I need a life...
> Phil Bader
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> Gary McCartney wrote:
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>>Phil, I missed the part about "during a search messages" Anyways, I just
>>tried it in Mozilla mail and no, you cannot right-click on the hilighted
>>messages, but while the messages are hilighted, you can click on the
>>button "FILE" at the bottom of the search box and there you will have
>>the choice of what mail folder to dump the messages into.
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>>Gary McCartney
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>>McCartney Electronics
>>Guelph Ontario Canada
>>Est. 1984
>>email: gary (at) number63.ca
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>>Phil Bader wrote:
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>>>You didn't say /where/ you selected the group of messages...I think we
>>>are on "different pages" here.
>>>I am on Mozilla 1.7 here. I have my list of mail folders at the right
>>>side of the screen. (inbox, sent, fixes, research, etc)
>>>In my email, at the top, I go to /Tools/ and click. This drops down a
>>>menu and the first option is "/search messages/". others are below that.
>>>Click /search messages/ and a window appears that at top says "/search
>>>for messages in:/ " and I can select, say, "inbox". I now have a blank
>>>line I type "fix".
>>>This searches all refs to "fix" in the subject line of my inbox. The
>>>resulting list of twenty or so appears. now I can click the first,
>>>shift+click the last whick blacks them all (I wanted to select all) now,
>>>if I right click the mouse OVER the highlighted search results, right
>>>click does not work. It DOES work other places in mozilla inbox and
>>>elsewhere. thats what I'm saying.
>>>phil
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>>>Jim Myers wrote:
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>>>>When I select a group of messages in Thunderbird, or a single message,
>>>>then right click, I get options to "copy to" or to "move to" among other
>>>>options. But the search is not under TOOLS it is right above the list of
>>>>messages labeled "Subject or Sender contains.
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>>>>********************************
>>>>Since 1972 *
>>>>Jim Myers *
>>>>Telrad Electronics *
>>>>Fort Wayne Indiana *
>>>>********************************
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>>>>Phil Bader wrote:
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>>>>>A feature that's sorely lacking with Mozilla and thunderbird email is in
>>>>>the email area,when you select Tools, then Search Messages.
>>>>>Then a search window appears, like netscape. Type, say," Fixes" and it
>>>>>searches "fixes" within the inbox,if selected.
>>>>>Now there is a list of, say 25 emails found. I already have made a
>>>>>folder titled "FIXES" where I want to COPY these search results to. Note
>>>>>I say COPY. Not drag, or MOVE.
>>>>>Highlight the first email in the window, then holding the shift key,the
>>>>>last, selecting all.
>>>>>Here's where the difference is:
>>>>>Now, I have 25 highlighted. In netscape, I would right click the window
>>>>>and a menu of options would appear where I could select "Copy to..." or
>>>>>"move to..." "fixes" folder. The right click is inactive with
>>>>>Mozilla/Thunderbird here. You must drag those over to the folder and
>>>>>they are no longer also in their original place. You don't always want
>>>>>to MOVE a search result, maybe just COPY them somewhere. When
>>>>>organising hunreds of forum emails, this is a pain. Why cannot the
>>>>>whizzes who design it write a line of code to do this?
>>>>>Sorry for long post, didn't know how else to explain it.
>>>>>Phil Bader
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