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Article #910Re: can't parse folder
From: John Burke
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 18:20
Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 18:20
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>>>>> "Kyle" == Kyle Jones <kyle_jones@wonderworks.com> writes:
Kyle> John Burke <jb@museumca.org> wrote:
>> >>>>> "Kyle" == Kyle Jones <kyle_jones@wonderworks.com> writes:
>>
Kyle> John Burke <jb@museumca.org> wrote:
>> >> >>>>> "Kyle" == Kyle Jones <kyle_jones@wonderworks.com>
>> writes:
>> >>
Kyle> John Burke <jb@museumca.org> wrote:
>> >> >> Suddenly, my incoming folder opens as a single file with
>> the >> >> summary window blank and the message on the mode line
>> >> >> "(unrecognized folder type)". Is this a coding system
>> error, >> >> or is the folder somehow corrupted?
>> >>
Kyle> VM determines the folder type by looking at the top of the
Kyle> file. Something must be wrong with the top of the file. I
Kyle> don't know what type of folder you normally use so I can't
Kyle> tell you exactly what to look for.
>> >> Ok, here's the first few lines of my incoming folder
>> (somehow, >> the folder got corrupted as soon as I saved the
>> below-mentioned >> "links.htm" attachment to disk. Can I blame
>> Bill G?):
>>
Kyle> Doubtful, if you were running VM. Did you save the message
Kyle> with 's', or did you use $ s or $ w to save a MIME object?
>> Mouse-2, save to file...but, before I save the file, I was
>> trying unsuccesfully to change the coding system to resolve
>> some strange character displays (mostly quotes) in the text
>> parts of the html...
Kyle> In the future, use "Save to folder" instead if you're saving
Kyle> a mail message, unless you know you're never going to try to
Kyle> visit the resulting file as a mail folder. Saving without
Kyle> the From line is expected behavior for "Save to file". Also
Kyle> "Save to Folder" appends to an existing file, while "Save to
Kyle> file" overwrites the file.
OK, thanks. But I notice that "save to folder" is grayed out when
right clicking on a mime attachment. I must admit to some confusion
about what I am saving (the folder, the message, or the attachment).
But I guess it's my problem (and in fact the fix was simple). But I
wonder if the heading of the mouse menu should indicate (like "take
action on MIME body...") the item being acted upon (instead of simply
'dispose'). No big deal.
Thanks again,
jb
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