How to Move PMs into new folders? or save elsewhere on PC?

[Sue]

Sorry to be dim.

How do I move a PM into a new folder?

Also, is it possible to save all my PMs off the forum elsewhere on my PC without having to copy and paste all the content?

Because without reading each one it is impossible to know whether I might need to refer to it in the future, and that will take days probably :))

[Otta]

First, create the folder, if you haven't already (on the PM screen, click on "edit folders" on the left hand side, and it's self explanatory from there).

Then,go to inbox, tick the boxes next to the messages you want to move, scroll to the bottom, select the folder you want to move them to, from the drop down which will now be on the bottom right.

Click "move".

[Sue]

Thanks Otta, yes I've created some folders already.

So is there any way to save this stuff off the forum other than opening each PM and copying and pasting separately?

[StraferJack]

No Sue, no there isn't

just like there isn't for the rest of us who use the forum.. and yet we manage

And anyone who posts on here as often as you or me, can easily find the time in the day to prioritise as we go

If it's got a phone number/email/address in it, copy the details when you read it

if it doesn't have any of those things what are the chances of you needing to refer to it again? And if there are other criteria, then apply that and save those messages too

[mockney piers]

Why not try using scripting language, such as python or perl, to do some screen scraping and save them off as files? Simples.

[Sue]

mockney piers Wrote:

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> Why not try using scripting language, such as

> python or perl, to do some screen scraping and

> save them off as files? Simples.

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No idea what you're talking about, sorry :-$

[Sue]

StraferJack Wrote:

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>anyone who posts on here as often as you or

> me, can easily find the time in the day to

> prioritise as we go

>

>

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Thanks for your advice on using my time, which I have noted :)):)):))

I am presently having a tea break from painting my bathroom woodwork, perhaps I should be sorting my PMs instead of doing up my house :))

Sadly my prioritising has not in the past included housekeeping my PMs, purely because - in the past - I have not needed to.

[mockney piers]

Just drink some beautiful soup Sue.

Tutorial here: http://www.crummy.com/software/BeautifulSoup/documentation.html#Parsing%20a%20Document

[Sue]

Thanks for that Mockney, one look at the page and I thought maybe copying and pasting might be the better option after all :))