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creating emails from text files with .pmw extensions

I believe if you have performed a default multi-user installation, you can bcc to the user "Admin" or whichever user is performing the mailing. When you do the .pmw file injection method you've employed, you are in effect bypassing the queueing process; during that process is when pmail creates the copy-to-self. A downside of any bcc method will be that the mails placed in copy-to-self will also contain attachments. Normally copy-to-self mails only indicate a pointer to the attached files. Also with an external bcc (as opposed to username bcc) there is the additional bandwidth to download those mails.

I believe if you have performed a default multi-user installation, you can bcc to the user "Admin" or whichever user is performing the mailing. When you do the .pmw file injection method you've employed, you are in effect bypassing the queueing process; during that process is when pmail creates the copy-to-self. A downside of any bcc method will be that the mails placed in copy-to-self will also contain attachments. Normally copy-to-self mails only indicate a pointer to the attached files. Also with an external bcc (as opposed to username bcc) there is the additional bandwidth to download those mails.

I have been creating text files in the .pmw format for years now.  I write the files to the admin directory and they get queued up in the pegasus mail directory.  I can attach files(.pdf) to them with the AT:(filename) switch  and it works great to send invoices, purchase order acknolegments, statements, etc. from my applications.  My problem is I can't get the system to put a copy in the copy to self folder when they get sent.  I would like to have a copy to make sure all of the emails did actually get sent.  I know I can and do bbc: myself to get copies of all of them but this is very annoying since I have to move them or delete them after I am done with them and I get a bunch of them.  Is there a way to copy myself in Pegasus that would do this?  I know I have the copy to self switch on and pointed to the correct folder but that doesn't work.  I also tryied setting the copy to self flag(CS:1) on in the header of the text email, but that won't work either.  Any ideas on how to accomplish this?  Attached is a sample of the text .pmw files I use.  Normally the file extension on this file is .pmw not .txt, the system wouldn't let me attach the file with a .pmw extention.     Thanks, Scott

I have been creating text files in the .pmw format for years now.  I write the files to the admin directory and they get queued up in the pegasus mail directory.  I can attach files(.pdf) to them with the AT:(filename) switch  and it works great to send invoices, purchase order acknolegments, statements, etc. from my applications.  My problem is I can't get the system to put a copy in the copy to self folder when they get sent.  I would like to have a copy to make sure all of the emails did actually get sent.  I know I can and do bbc: myself to get copies of all of them but this is very annoying since I have to move them or delete them after I am done with them and I get a bunch of them.  Is there a way to copy myself in Pegasus that would do this?  I know I have the copy to self switch on and pointed to the correct folder but that doesn't work.  I also tryied setting the copy to self flag(CS:1) on in the header of the text email, but that won't work either.  Any ideas on how to accomplish this?  Attached is a sample of the text .pmw files I use.  Normally the file extension on this file is .pmw not .txt, the system wouldn't let me attach the file with a .pmw extention.     Thanks, Scott

[quote user="metallics"]I have been creating text files in the .pmw format for years now.  I write the files to the admin directory and they get queued up in the pegasus mail directory.  I can attach files(.pdf) to them with the AT:(filename) switch  and it works great to send invoices, purchase order acknolegments, statements, etc. from my applications.  My problem is I can't get the system to put a copy in the copy to self folder when they get sent.  I would like to have a copy to make sure all of the emails did actually get sent.  I know I can and do bbc: myself to get copies of all of them but this is very annoying since I have to move them or delete them after I am done with them and I get a bunch of them.  Is there a way to copy myself in Pegasus that would do this?  I know I have the copy to self switch on and pointed to the correct folder but that doesn't work.  I also tryied setting the copy to self flag(CS:1) on in the header of the text email, but that won't work either.  Any ideas on how to accomplish this?  Attached is a sample of the text .pmw files I use.  Normally the file extension on this file is .pmw not .txt, the system wouldn't let me attach the file with a .pmw extention.     Thanks, Scott
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 Can you not supply a BCC address to direct a copy back to yourself, which you can then easily move to the Copy To Self folder? 

<p>[quote user="metallics"]I have been creating text files in the .pmw format for years now.  I write the files to the admin directory and they get queued up in the pegasus mail directory.  I can attach files(.pdf) to them with the AT:(filename) switch  and it works great to send invoices, purchase order acknolegments, statements, etc. from my applications.  My problem is I can't get the system to put a copy in the copy to self folder when they get sent.  I would like to have a copy to make sure all of the emails did actually get sent.  I know I can and do bbc: myself to get copies of all of them but this is very annoying since I have to move them or delete them after I am done with them and I get a bunch of them.  Is there a way to copy myself in Pegasus that would do this?  I know I have the copy to self switch on and pointed to the correct folder but that doesn't work.  I also tryied setting the copy to self flag(CS:1) on in the header of the text email, but that won't work either.  Any ideas on how to accomplish this?  Attached is a sample of the text .pmw files I use.  Normally the file extension on this file is .pmw not .txt, the system wouldn't let me attach the file with a .pmw extention.     Thanks, Scott [/quote]</p><p> Can you not supply a BCC address to direct a copy back to yourself, which you can then easily move to the Copy To Self folder?<span style="font-size: 10pt;"> </span></p>

Sorry, I've been on vacation[:D].  Yes, I can and do BCC: a copy back to myself but then I have to move them to the Copy to Self folder.  Is there a way to BCC: a copy to yourself to the Copy to Self folder?  I know in Thunderbird you can bcc yourself and put it in a specific folder under your account(ex: johndoe+sentfolder@email.com will send it to the sentfolder under johndoes account).  I tried that in Pegasus but it gives me an invalid email address.  Or is there a way to move them to the copy to self folder with a filter?   If it comes from me, move it to the copy to self folder?  Thanks for giving me your answer.

Sorry, I've been on vacation[:D].  Yes, I can and do BCC: a copy back to myself but then I have to move them to the Copy to Self folder.  Is there a way to BCC: a copy to yourself to the Copy to Self folder?  I know in Thunderbird you can bcc yourself and put it in a specific folder under your account(ex: johndoe+sentfolder@email.com will send it to the sentfolder under johndoes account).  I tried that in Pegasus but it gives me an invalid email address.  Or is there a way to move them to the copy to self folder with a filter?   If it comes from me, move it to the copy to self folder?  Thanks for giving me your answer.

You can't direct a BCC to your CopySelf folder without doing it with a filter.  You would use a new mail filter rule with a rule type of either header or expression.  Use a header rule if detecting on the content of the TO: field is good enough.  If there is concern for false positives then look for something unique in the content of the BCC messages that you can detect using an expression rule.  The action of the rule would be to move the message to your CopySelf folder.

You can't direct a BCC to your CopySelf folder without doing it with a filter.  You would use a new mail filter rule with a rule type of either header or expression.  Use a header rule if detecting on the content of the TO: field is good enough.  If there is concern for false positives then look for something unique in the content of the BCC messages that you can detect using an expression rule.  The action of the rule would be to move the message to your CopySelf folder.
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