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Re: Att:Jolly Roger Re: A program to show all Mac Mail Rules?

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On 2014-12-22, Gary <gary_w1@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On 2014-12-20 21:16:17 +0000, Jolly Roger said:
>
>> Okay, that's a spreadsheet containing only the conditions for one single
>> rule. What about all the other properties the script is already
>> outputting? Where do they go? Also, what about the other rules with
>> different conditions? If you have, say, twelve rules, each with a
>> completely different number and type of conditions, how will you present
>> that in a single spreadsheet? Or were you perhaps thinking that each
>> rule would have its own spreadsheet? Either way, you need to define it
>> before coding it. If you really want to understand the problem, do this
>> exercise: make a new spreadsheet to hold your rules, add a column for
>> each and every rule property you want to track, and then manually fill
>> it in with a couple different rules with a different set of conditions
>> for each rule. If you can show me what you want, I'll be happy to modify
>> the script accordingly for you. : )
>
> I do not take advantage of all the features of rules.  However, one feature I
> use extensively is saying "if ANY of the following conditions apply"; you will
> see that technique implemented in my "spreadsheet" by giving a number of
> rules the same column 1 Description.  Thus, for example, Rule "IBM" says
>
> if any of the following apply
>    From contains ibm
>    From contains ibmpension
> then move message to mailbox IBM.
>
> I'm afraid I cannot address the rest of your excellent question, because it
> assumes a level of usage I just don't perform.

Actually, you *do* use conditions, which were absent from the output. I
guess I'm not explaining clearly enough. The problem I outlined is that
there's no clear way to show all rule properties *including* conditions
in a *single* spreadsheet. 

The next best thing is a set of spreadsheets. I spent about 45 minutes
revising the script so that it outputs conditions for each rule. Give it
a spin and you'll see what I mean:

<http://jollyroger.kicks-ass.org/software/Export%20Mail%20Rules.zip>

> BTW, I don't personally need you to do anything further with the script;
> I used it and was able to sort the output in such a way as to be able to
> modify all my rules efficiently; i.e., it already covered everything I used
> rules for. 

Too late! : D

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A program to show all Mac Mail Rules? Gary <gary_w1@hotmail.com> - 2014-12-18 15:00 -0500
  Re: A program to show all Mac Mail Rules? Alan Baker <alangbaker@telus.net> - 2014-12-18 12:14 -0800
  Re: A program to show all Mac Mail Rules? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-12-18 23:16 +0000
    Re: A program to show all Mac Mail Rules? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-12-19 00:55 +0000
      Re: A program to show all Mac Mail Rules? Gary <gary_w1@hotmail.com> - 2014-12-19 17:18 -0500
        Re: A program to show all Mac Mail Rules? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-12-19 23:18 +0000
          Re: A program to show all Mac Mail Rules? Gary <gary_w1@hotmail.com> - 2014-12-19 21:03 -0500
            Re: A program to show all Mac Mail Rules? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-12-20 03:31 +0000
              Re: A program to show all Mac Mail Rules? Gary <gary_w1@hotmail.com> - 2014-12-20 10:08 -0500
                Re: A program to show all Mac Mail Rules? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-12-20 21:18 +0000
              Att:Jolly Roger Re: A program to show all Mac Mail Rules? Gary <gary_w1@hotmail.com> - 2014-12-20 10:47 -0500
                Re: Att:Jolly Roger Re: A program to show all Mac Mail Rules? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-12-20 21:16 +0000
                Re: Att:Jolly Roger Re: A program to show all Mac Mail Rules? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-12-22 06:17 +0000
                Re: Att:Jolly Roger Re: A program to show all Mac Mail Rules? Gary <gary_w1@hotmail.com> - 2014-12-22 16:16 -0500
                Re: Att:Jolly Roger Re: A program to show all Mac Mail Rules? Jolly Roger <jollyroger@pobox.com> - 2014-12-22 22:35 +0000

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