I have uploaded the fourth beta-test version of eMessage Archiver 4.10. (finally!)

It's descriptive web page has not changed much.  It is at:

More useful is the description on the first record of the eMessage Database, with lots but not all new features described briefly. Just ask, if anything remains unclear to you.

The file, a Mac Zip Archive file, can be downloaded directly with the following link:

This beta version uses a free eMA-only runtime version of FileMaker 8.5, although I used FileMaker 8.0v3 for almost all of the development work so far. 

People not already familiar with eMA can find most of the details of using it in the enclosed "eMA User's Guide." It has been partly upgraded from the Guide for eMA 4.2, but should have the details you need. Some new features of the eMA 4.10 betas are not yet included, but they can usually be figured out by trying the various buttons and menu items. 

Others can if they wish start using it as they did in previous versions. It is no longer necessary to delete any previous versions that you have on your disks, so keep them for now in case you need to go back to them. 

As usual, you can report problems and errors on the eMA-Talk discussion group, which is at:

You can read them on the web page for the group, but if you want to post comments and reports, you need to subscribe to the group. To bypass the web entirely, and just use email, you can subscribe with the link in the "eMA" menu.

INSTALLATION:

The unzipped file is a folder that you can move to the Applications folder, or any other place that you prefer. It contains 3 applications, but normally you should not launch any of them directly, or you might get strange error messages. It also contains a file called eMessage Database, which is where email messages are saved, and where you do all  your interacting with eMessage Archiver.

Please make a copy of eMessage Database for your use in archiving, leaving the original to make additional untouched databases in the future. You may only want to use one database, but this way leaves  your options open, without having to re-download the whole eMA package.

Rename the database copy to something meaningful to you, and then move it out of the Applications folder, lest all your archives get lost when you install an upgrade. Usually people put it in their Documents folder, but you can put it anywhere outside the Applications folder.

Always start up eMessage Archiver by double-clicking on it in the Finder. Alternatively you can put the database file in your Dock, where you can start it up easily by just clicking on it. 

If you have your own purchased copy of FileMaker Pro 7 or higher, you can use that instead of the free runtime application. Then you can open it directly from an open FMP application. If you do it by double-clicking in the Finder, you may have to use File Info to set your application as the one to open the database.

When you open the database, the largest change from beta 3 that you will notice is that many commands have been added to several of the standard FMP menus, more than used to be found only in the Scripts menu. The Scripts menu has been replaced by the eMA menu, which only has a few eMA-specific commands in it. The advantage is that the many of the new menu items now have keyboard equivalents, and that they are grouped with other related commands.

OK, that's enough for now. Please post any questions, comments, and error reports here in eMA-Talk.

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Cheers,

    John