[DM-MUG] Fwd: Re: [MacLaw] Mail archiving and handling - more info from local mug

[Matthew W.]

The attachments will only be deleted if you choose the option to do  
so from the General prefs pane in Mail. It is called "Remove Unedited  
Downloads" and you have 3 choices in 2.1 (Tiger Mail).

You'll probably find some traction on Google. For example, in less  
than 2 minutes, I found this page which indicates that at least one  
developer has worked with attachment archiving. Search for Archive  
Messages on the page.

<http://homepage.mac.com/aamann/Mail_Scripts.html>

Matthew

On Mar 2, 2008, at 4:17 PM, Stuart Thiessen wrote:

> Quite right. But my intent is to copy all of the emlx files out of  
> their location in ~/Library/Mail and then put them in a Zip or DMG  
> for "offline storage". Will the copied emlx file still reference  
> that attachment in ~/Library/Mail Downloads? I suspect that if I  
> did a manual move of the emlx files and then programmatically told  
> Mail to delete the emails, the attachments would also be deleted  
> from that folder. So, there would be a need to see if Applescript  
> is smart enough to tell me that a specific email has attachments  
> and will let me copy the attachments over to the Zip or DMG before  
> the email is deleted. I haven't researched that yet. I'm just  
> thinking aloud here. :)  Like I said, a rainy day programming  
> project. :)
>
> Thanks,
>
> Stuart
>
> On 2 Mar 2008, at 16:03 , Matthew W. wrote:
>
>> Look in your User/Library/Mail Downloads and you'll see where your  
>> attachments are.
>>
>> Mw
>>
>> On Feb 29, 2008, at 11:16 AM, Stuart Thiessen wrote:
>>
>>> 4) If the email is visible but the attachment is not, then how to  
>>> extract the attachment? Can Mail show me the email without  
>>> importing it back into Mail?
>>
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