Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!us.feeder.erje.net!newsfeed.fsmpi.rwth-aachen.de!newsfeed.straub-nv.de!news-1.dfn.de!news.dfn.de!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: Jolly Roger Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.system Subject: Re: Att:Jolly Roger Re: A program to show all Mac Mail Rules? Date: 22 Dec 2014 22:35:17 GMT Organization: People for the Ethical Treatment of Pirates Lines: 53 Message-ID: References: <54933244$0$29453$c3e8da3$e074e489@news.astraweb.com> <5494a437$0$19825$c3e8da3$33881b6a@news.astraweb.com> <5494d8df$0$27606$c3e8da3$dbd57e7@news.astraweb.com> <54959a13$0$42930$c3e8da3$5e5e430d@news.astraweb.com> <54988a22$0$41636$c3e8da3$5d8fb80f@news.astraweb.com> X-Trace: individual.net CbhxxYuu/UpW/ITgeVYFGQlV0APPMgt+uGafpSxuLYeh564uzo Cancel-Lock: sha1:2xLfzyHMpZNiEEiukAA66GGLS9s= X-Face: _.g>n!a$f3/H3jA]>9pN55*5<`}Tud57>1Y%b|b-Y~()~\t,LZ3e up1/bO{=-) User-Agent: slrn/1.0.1 (Darwin) Xref: csiph.com comp.sys.mac.system:67759 On 2014-12-22, Gary 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: > 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 -- E-mail sent to this address may be devoured by my ravenous SPAM filter. I often ignore posts from Google. Use a real news client instead. JR