Hi. I’m using DT to backup et sort email files.
I’m trying to run the web server so that other people could access the database.
But the mail file format .eml can’t be displayed in safari (nor firefox)
Is there any tip to do the job?
Or is it possible to import emails in RTFD file format instead of eml automatically?
One possibility is to convert them to rich text after importing and to remove the originals (if desired).
That’s a solution but there is one (major) problem with it:
The creation/modification date are set to the time when I make the conversion.
I’d preferred that the date stay the same as the original, in order to sort emails by reception date which is no longer possible.
Here’s a script which retains tags, replicants, dates, labels and flags:
-- Convert documents to rich text
-- Created by Christian Grunenberg on Tue Feb 03 2009.
-- Copyright (c) 2009-2011. All rights reserved.
tell application id "com.devon-technologies.thinkpro2"
set theSelection to the selection
if theSelection is not {} then
try
show progress indicator "Converting..." steps (count of theSelection)
repeat with theRecord in theSelection
set theName to (name of theRecord)
step progress indicator theName
try
-- Retains tags & replicants without specifying a destination group
set theConvertedRcord to convert record theRecord to rich
-- Retain dates, label & flag
set creation date of theConvertedRcord to creation date of theRecord
set modification date of theConvertedRcord to modification date of theRecord
set label of theConvertedRcord to label of theRecord
set state of theConvertedRcord to state of theRecord
end try
end repeat
hide progress indicator
on error error_message number error_number
hide progress indicator
if the error_number is not -128 then display alert "DEVONthink Pro" message error_message as warning
end try
end if
end tell
Just select the messages and run this script.
Is this still the only way?
And: If I use this script, the originator of the mail is not migrated to the new file. Any idea?
Oh, and another question:
At the end of the Name of the converted files there is an " Text". In the script there’s for me no reason, why this is so.
That’s automatically appended by the “convert record” command which is identical to Data > Convert > To Plain/Rich Text. But you could insert these lines to retain the URL & name:
set URL of theConvertedRcord to URL of theRecord
set name of theConvertedRcord to name of theRecord
This works fine. I will try now to understand why this helps 
Could you answer the other question above “And: If I use this script, the originator of the mail is not migrated to the new file. Any idea?”
I’ve just checked this but the URL of the original and the converted email are identical and the converted email contains the sender/receiver. Any hint which information is missing where? E.g. a screenshot might be useful. Thanks!
Hi!
Here is the attachement:
First Dataset: the eml-File
Second Dataset: the converted file
The Value for “Von” is missing in the second dataset. Also the others values like Absender, Von, Titel, Betreff are missing
I’m using your script:
-- Convert documents to rich text
-- Created by Christian Grunenberg on Tue Feb 03 2009.
-- Copyright (c) 2009-2011. All rights reserved.
tell application id "com.devon-technologies.thinkpro2"
set theSelection to the selection
if theSelection is not {} then
try
show progress indicator "Converting..." steps (count of theSelection)
repeat with theRecord in theSelection
set theName to (name of theRecord)
step progress indicator theName
try
-- Retains tags & replicants without specifying a destination group
set theConvertedRcord to convert record theRecord to rich
-- Retain dates, label & flag
set URL of theConvertedRcord to URL of theRecord
set name of theConvertedRcord to name of theRecord
set creation date of theConvertedRcord to creation date of theRecord
set modification date of theConvertedRcord to modification date of theRecord
set label of theConvertedRcord to label of theRecord
set state of theConvertedRcord to state of theRecord
end try
end repeat
hide progress indicator
on error error_message number error_number
hide progress indicator
if the error_number is not -128 then display alert "DEVONthink Pro" message error_message as warning
end try
end if
end tell
This information is part of the converted rich text (as rich text documents don’t support such properties).
Hmm, ok. So there is no way (after converting the mails) to group the datasets by the value “von” or any other value of the mail?
You could try to use a smart group like Content matches “Von …”, the phrase should usually return the desired results and almost no false results.
Are there any plans to implement eml-compatibility to the webserver?
The was to convert the mails via script ist not very practicable.
This really is a question of browser technology. (Not saying it couldn’t be done but that it is an inherent limitation of browser tech.)