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paulwainwright
USA
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 Posted - Nov 03 2011 : 11:24:22
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I’m currently running Mail List King v10.44r on a (new) Windows 7 machine with Windows Live Mail. I understand from the FAQ that I can only import addresses from my In-Box on WLM. I have 2 questions:
1. I have several e-mail accounts on WLM, each with an in-box. I presume that all of the in-boxes are checked for new addresses. Is this correct?
2. When I try to import addresses from WLM, MLK seems to add all of the addresses that are found. I do not seem to be given an option to ignore addresses that are already in the MLK database. Is there a way to import ONLY new addresses that are found in WLM?
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xequte
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Posted - Nov 03 2011 : 12:29:53
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Hi Paul
1. No, it will only import from the default account
2. MLK blocks duplicates so it will only add contacts that do not already exist in your mailing list.
Nigel
Xequte Software
www.xequte.com
nigel@xequte.com
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paulwainwright
USA
7 Posts |
Posted - Nov 03 2011 : 12:33:57
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How do I find out which is the default account?
I think my plan will be to temporarily place all recent e-mails in that account, run MLK to extract new addresses, then put the e-mails back where they belong. Does that sound like a reasonable workaround?
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paulwainwright
USA
7 Posts |
Posted - Nov 03 2011 : 13:08:31
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Upon further study, here's what I'm noticing:
1. MLK looks in all in-boxes that I have set up in WLM.
2. MLK is definitely picking up ALL addresses and adding them to the database, not just the new ones. Actually the address is not added twice, but the address appears in the new group ("general") as well as wherever it was before I performed the "get addresses" function. How can I get MLK to completely ignore addresses that are already in the database?
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xequte
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Posted - Nov 04 2011 : 00:56:38
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Hi Paul
1. Interesting, must be a "feature" of WLM
2. Yes, that is correct. When importing a contact that already exists in the database any changed fields will be updated, that includes group subscription. If you have members in "Group_A" and you import your contacts specifying that they should be added to "Group_B" then they are added to Group_B even if the already exist in "Group_A". There is not an option to prevent that, but i will look into it for a later update.
Nigel
Xequte Software
www.xequte.com
nigel@xequte.com
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paulwainwright
USA
7 Posts |
Posted - Jul 12 2012 : 07:08:12
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I am a Windows Live Mail user but have not updated my MLK address list since last fall when I originally posted the above complaint. I am wondering if there is an upgrade to MLK that does a better job at importing addresses from WLM than what I currently have (v. 10.44r)?
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xequte
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Posted - Jul 13 2012 : 02:34:20
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Hi Paul
No, the WLM functionality has not changed since that update.
Nigel
Xequte Software
www.xequte.com
nigel@xequte.com
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paulwainwright
USA
7 Posts |
Posted - Jul 13 2012 : 02:36:43
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Any plans for such an update in the future?
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xequte
7042 Posts |
Posted - Jul 14 2012 : 15:12:11
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Hi Paul
Yes, as we consider WLM to be an important source (though Outlook and POP are our main ones).
Nigel
Xequte Software
www.xequte.com
nigel@xequte.com
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paulwainwright
USA
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Posted - Jul 15 2012 : 02:29:30
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Thanks! Let me suggest 2 "requirements" for better WLM support:
1. (Most important): When searching through a WLM folder to import new e-mail addresses, IGNORE any e-mail address that is already in the MLK database.
2. (Less important, but would improve on a rather awkward situation): Allow the MLK user to select which WLM folder to look in when importing addresses (currently, all in-boxes in WLM are looked in).
Cheers!
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xequte
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Posted - Jul 16 2012 : 02:52:28
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Hi Paul
1. It should not be processed anyway as it already exists in the list...
2. It is on the to-do list
Nigel
Xequte Software
www.xequte.com
nigel@xequte.com
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paulwainwright
USA
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Posted - Jul 16 2012 : 05:29:41
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Currently, MLK 10.44r adds all e-mail addresses it finds in the WLM in-box to the group 'default'. If an e-mail address already exists in another group it shows up as '2 groups', one group being 'default' and the other group being whatever it was in before the WLM addresses were processed. Is there an administrative setting that I need to change? I did not see any options in the pop-up windows to ignore addresses currently in the database.
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Adding Addresses from Windows Live Mail
