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Woozle: Projects: Software: HyperMail

Current Status

• 2005-09-30 Latest problem is that I've run into one of the limits of MS Access -- an error pops up when HyperMail tries to add new records, something like "database size limitation exceeded". The .mdb file is about a gigabyte; I tried compressing it, but Access just locked up... and the import isn't really anywhere near completion. So it's time to try another database engine. I have to set up a MySQL server on Camilla and see if I run into the same problem using Access as a front end connector, or if I have to somehow go directly (via ADO, maybe).
• 2005-05-11 The Mozilla/Thunderbird code is basically working, although very slowly... and I keep running into variations of the timestamp format. First it was a malformed timezone string: "+0-900" or maybe it was "-0+900", I forget... but then the latest is this one:

mi�, 06 ago 2003 05:52:52 -0400

So I guess I need to provide a way to store the raw timestamp when the parsing code says "huh?".

Wanted Features

• Log of all messages received so I can be *sure* I didn't receive a message (and can find out where it went if I did -- deleted, manually filed, filed by filter, etc.) Log should be viewable by filter, i.e. what messages has this filter been applied to?
• Temporary disablement of individual or all filters (without having to delete them)
• Filters should indicate when they were last applied
• Filters should be applicable automatically or on demand
• Filters should be runnable on any folder (not just inbox)
• Scripting extensions (like what Gimp has), triggerable by events: on receipt of mail, on deletion of mail, on use of filter, on calendar/timer event...