[Users] Windows save attachment filter action

[Pierre Fortin]

On Sat, 26 Nov 2016 17:42:26 +1030 Patch Public wrote:

>Does Claws mail windows port support a filter rule to save an attachment 
>to a specified directory?
>
>Sorry if this is a dumb question but I am new to Claws Mail and I 
>couldn't tell if I'm on the right path via the Claws mail documentation, 
>manually scanning the last 2 years of this lists posts, experimenting 
>with a windows Claws mail installation, or my internet searching skills.
>
>The faq message action documentation suggests a filter action menu can 
>be added "Save attachments: munpack -C ~ -- %F" where munpack is 
>provided by the mpack package in debian. Does that mean I should install 
>CygWin first, then this works on windows also?
>
>Btw, what I'm actually trying to do is process incoming faxes 
>efficiently. I use a third party fax server to receive faxes. Received 
>faxes are emailed to me as a pdf attachment to an automated email. I'm 
>looking for an email client to connect via IMAP, copy the pdf attachment 
>to a local file server, then move the processed email to an archive / 
>IMAP sub directory. Connecting via IMAP ensures the filtering benefits 
>all devices I use to connect to my email account. Moving after the pdf 
>is saved  should mean duplicate copies of a fax is more likely than 
>missing fax on the file server as a failure  mode. Or at least incoming 
>fax emails accumulate in my inbox so are obvious.
>
>I tried to achieve this with thunderbird however the I wasn't able to 
>work around thunderbirds limitations 
>http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=3025426
>
>Alternatively, is there a better way to automate saving email 
>attachments to a file server?
>
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Here's my fax_extract script. Hope it still works; haven't used it for a
few years...

This sample filter was for received faxes:
   execute "/home/uesr/bin/fax_extract -d RX %F"

HTH
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