Importing from a Mailbox

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Someone on the mc-recipe list had a question about importing, and I

have often answered the " how to import from a mailbox " question, so I

thought this information would be helpful here too. This same procedure

should work no matter what mail program you use, it is just a matter of

locating exactly where on your computer the mail program is located and

directing Mastercook to it.

 

For Netscape Communicator:

 

Open the cookbook in MC that you want the recipes to go into. Under

 

file, choose " import recipes " . Then you have to tell the program where

the

recipes are: In the " import window " on the right side (under

directories),

choose (all these are " double clicks " ) " c " (for c drive), then,

" programs "

(mine shows up here as " progra~1 " ), then " netscape " then " users " then

" greenlee " (in my case), then " mail " .

Then, on the bottom left side of the screen, make sure " all files "

is

chosen. Also on the left side of the screen (under " files " ), all the

various mailbox names are shown, I choose " mastercook " (the name of the

mailbox where the mc recipes go--yours is probably something else).

I then click " import " and then a smaller window comes up which lists

all

the recipes in that mailbox. I pick and choose which recipes I want to

import and viola' -- into the cookbook they go.

This sounds a little time-consuming, but it's not. It only takes

mere

seconds for the whole process.

I should point out that some people prefer to save their recipes

as

text and edit them themselves or run them through Buster. This is all a

 

matter of personal preference. My priority is to save time. I import

all

these recipes quickly and then delete them from the mailbox. I receive

up

to 200 e-mails per day, many of them recipes, and I just don't have the

time

to save & edit or " bust " each and every one of them.

BTW -- once you do delete them from your mailbox, choose " compress

all

folders " afterwards or the recipes will keep showing up on your " import

list " even though they have long since been gone.

 

For Outlook Express:

 

Open cookbook, choose " import recipes " , then, following all the basic

directions from my previous post, here's how it works for OE: Choose

" c " ,

" windows " , " applica~1 " , " micros~1 " , " outloo~1 " , " mail " , and THEN, on the

 

left side, choose the mailbox your recipes are in (make sure " all files "

is

chosen below). There are several different extensions in OE. For

example,

if the recipes are just in the inbox, choose " inbox.mbx " . If you have

the

mail going in another mailbox, choose the name that has the " mbx "

extension.

Now, this is where Outlook Express is on *my* computer here at

work. I

guess it is entirely possible that it could be located somewhere else on

 

yours. If so, just find out exactly where it is located and " lead "

Mastercook to it.

 

Karen C. Greenlee

List Owner