Labeling your messages.
While reading posts or
other emails which are of interest, you can mark an e-mail read
(cmd+T)
or unread (cmd+shft+T)
and set a priority, OE5
has 5 priorities.
These priorities are also sortable,
so you can easily go back and find a particular message at another time
and not have to search through dozens of posts looking for that info
you need so desperately.
You can access the priorities from the "Message"
drop down menu.
Priority Icons
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Highest
 -
High
 -
Low
 -
Lowest
Message Status
Icons
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Flagged message
 -
Unread message
 -
Replied to message
 -
Forwarded message
 -
Redirected message
 -
Sent message
 -
Unsent message
 -
Message has been edited
To sort
your messages all you need to do is click
on the column headers and the whole folder
sorts on that column. Click again and it will reverse
the sort. That sort is applied to only
that folder and the others stay
the way you left them.
In the next 3 screenshots I have sorted the same 15 messages. Notice
the way the sort hierarchy functions (all sorts on the main sorted column
is high to low)
With this number of sortable labels you should be able to find those
messages which you are looking for. But if you need more........
Not
only can you change the "read" status and set a priority, but you also
can change
the color of the file
headers. This is because OE is AppleScriptable.
AppleScript is a simple tool which even beginners can make use of.
You can get the scripts for the 16 colors available to OE (above) and
many more at http://www.macemail.com/oe/
. You then place the scripts into the "Script
Menu Items" folder, which is in "that
folder".
To set up your labeling system properly you can even name
the scripts anything you want, so you can see the names in
the Script pull-down menu. To do
this just rename the script files in the finder. Again, they are in
That Folder:Script
Menu Items.
Setting Shortcuts
for Scripts
You can also create keyboard
shortcuts while naming the scripts in the finder. Just add
to the end of the name a backslash " \ " and the modifier keys you would
like to use. The modifiers are;
- Shift = s
- Control = c
- Option = o
- Command = m
Examples
of the script filenames using shortcuts in above snap-shot are: (the
modifiers are highlighted in blue)
- Insert Explorer Address\coE
- Insert Netscape Address\coN
- Insert Text File\coF
- Important - Red\om9
- Idea - Maroon\1 - (could also be: Idea - Maroon\m1)
Notice:
If no modifier is used (as in: Idea - Maroon\1) command is assumed.
The Fkeys are unavailable in 5.0. Stay away from just
using the option key as a modifier because that may try to open
the Script Editor.
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Turning text
into a compiled Script
If you receive or find
a script which is plain text it is easy to turn it into a compiled script
which can then be run.
First launch the Script Editor which is at Your
Hard Disk:Apple Extras:Apple Script:Script Editor. There should
be a window open which is titled "Untitled", if not, choose "New Script"
from the file menu.
Switch to and highlight the text of the script and copy (cmd+C). Switch
to Script Editor and click on the bottom window to get the blinking
cursor there and paste (cmd+V).
Click on the "Check
Syntax" button and the text will become color coded.
Note: You may get errors if any comments
are not preceded by "--" (no quotes). You can either delete the comments
or add the "--".
Now you are ready to "save
as" a "complied
script". Name it and save it to the "Script
Menu Items" in "That
Folder".
Now when you look in the script
menu you will see your new script ready to use.
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