Forward a Folder

Hazel · 1st September 2012, 11:59 AM

Has anyone tried this and does it work? I have a folder with several hundred poems in it. Can I forward that entire folder to a friend and will she be able to open it? Also, if necessary, will she be able to forward it back to me and I still be able to open it? (Don't ask me to bore you with the reason for that last question. It's a safety issue in case I lose my own copy.)

Thank you. Hazel

Newtons Bit · 1st September 2012, 12:08 PM

Originally Posted by Hazel

Has anyone tried this and does it work? I have a folder with several hundred poems in it. Can I forward that entire folder to a friend and will she be able to open it? Also, if necessary, will she be able to forward it back to me and I still be able to open it? (Don't ask me to bore you with the reason for that last question. It's a safety issue in case I lose my own copy.)

Thank you. Hazel

Zip it, then send it.

Hazel · 1st September 2012, 12:11 PM

Originally Posted by Newtons Bit

Zip it, then send it.

"Zip it"?

AK-Dave · 1st September 2012, 12:15 PM

What operating system are you using? (Mac OSX or Windows Vista or Windows 7 or something else)

The_Fire · 1st September 2012, 12:17 PM

And then there's dropbox.....

Hazel · 1st September 2012, 12:21 PM

Originally Posted by AK-Dave

What operating system are you using? (Mac OSX or Windows Vista or Windows 7 or something else)

Windows XP

erlando · 1st September 2012, 12:23 PM

I'll second the use of dropbox.

Also:
Compressing ("zipping") the folder will create a file with the extension .zip, that you are able to send via e-mail as you would any other file.

Depending on your OS, this is typically done by right-clicking the folder and choosing "Compress". In Windows 7 the option is found under "Send To" -> "Compressed (zipped) folder"

Hazel · 1st September 2012, 12:33 PM

It's getting complicated. Let me ask if another way works, first. When I installed Thunderbird, it brought in all of my Outlook Express folders. I have been sitting here making duplicate folders for T-bird and transferring each document one by one. It suddenly occurred to me that I could (maybe?) have just dragged the main OE folders to T-bird's "Local Folders". Would that have worked and, if it would have, would each one have taken its subfolders along or would I then drag each subfolder up to the main one.

You see, I didn't mind at all making new folders and cleaning out the old ones at the same time until I came upon this folder with 323 poems in it. Somehow, I cannot see myself dragging 323 poems from folder to folder but I don't want to lose them either.

Ryokan · 1st September 2012, 01:07 PM

Originally Posted by Hazel

It's getting complicated.

It really isn't. You say you're using WindowsXP. Right click the folder and choose 'add to archive'.

jasonpatterson · 1st September 2012, 01:36 PM

Originally Posted by Hazel

Somehow, I cannot see myself dragging 323 poems from folder to folder but I don't want to lose them either.

I'm not familiar with the program, but it seems unusual that it doesn't allow you to select multiple files in some way, either control-A to Select All, or click the top one in the list, hold down the shift key, and click the bottom one in the list (select or deselect individual files you might not want copied or that you might want to add by control clicking.) Why do it one by one?

rjh01 · 1st September 2012, 02:56 PM

Do not know about thunderbird but with Outlook when I click on the first file, hold down the shift key and then click on the last I have selected every file. If that does not work then I agree use a zip file. These are easy to create. See erlando's post for the method. It works the same way in Windows XP.

bruto · 1st September 2012, 03:23 PM

One caution here, depending on the friend's email program and downloading speed. Email generall proceeds in a queue, and a very fat mailing can be a nuisance or worse. No other mail can be gotten until that one is complete, and if it's too big it can time out a dialup connection or exceed the mail program's capacity. Back when I had dialup I had a friend who would send me huge files, and it took some time to convince her that this stalled my email program for nearly an hour sometimes!

It's more courteous to the recipient to send your file to a web based storage facility like dropbox or box. net (free one that I use for this) and then send your friend the link. The recipient can then download the entire thing at leisure, and if there's a problem they can do it again. A user can multitask on the web while a file downloads, and when you know they've gotten it you can delete the file, or leave it there for other recipients.

Box. net is pretty simple, the free version reasonably roomy, and once you've got it set up you can use it regularly, and a file you expect to send repeatedly can be left there, with the link live for years. On a couple of other forums I have provided some rare camera and power tool instructions, and when asked I just send the link. Over the last ten years I've sent the same material hundreds of times without hassle.

Pulvinar · 1st September 2012, 03:47 PM

On the other hand... we're talking poems here. Assuming the files are just text they should be tiny and compress quite well.

Dan O. · 1st September 2012, 04:44 PM

I think everyone has missed the key point here. Hazel is not talking about a folder in a file system. Hazel is talking about an outlook folder within the email system.

Pulvinar · 1st September 2012, 05:09 PM

Sorry, missed that. This add-on for Thunderbird should help then:

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thu...rtexporttools/

Hazel · 2nd September 2012, 05:21 AM

Quite right, Bruto. I intended to ask her first. She once received and held a number of pictures for me until I switched computers. That's why I thought she might be able to. But, I'd never do it without an OK from the other end.

And thanks to the rest of you. Pulvinar, I'll take a look at that add-on. Normally, there would be nothing wrong with just holding the OE folders. However, T-bird will not let me add to them. So, if I have a collection of documents in a particular OE folder and receive another that I also want there, I cannot put it there. I have to make a T-bird folder for it - thus ending up with two folders on the same topic. However, I think I may have found a way to transfer those OE folders to T-bird. At first I could not but I was doing it wrong. Right now I am running a test on an unimportant file to see if my solution works.

Bidding farewell to little Isaac, I'm back to work here. Hope everyone in the path kept safe.

DrDave · 3rd September 2012, 01:31 AM

Originally Posted by bruto

One caution here, depending on the friend's email program and downloading speed. Email generall proceeds in a queue, and a very fat mailing can be a nuisance or worse. No other mail can be gotten until that one is complete, and if it's too big it can time out a dialup connection or exceed the mail program's capacity. Back when I had dialup I had a friend who would send me huge files, and it took some time to convince her that this stalled my email program for nearly an hour sometimes!

It's more courteous to the recipient to send your file to a web based storage facility like dropbox or box. net (free one that I use for this) and then send your friend the link. The recipient can then download the entire thing at leisure, and if there's a problem they can do it again. A user can multitask on the web while a file downloads, and when you know they've gotten it you can delete the file, or leave it there for other recipients.

Box. net is pretty simple, the free version reasonably roomy, and once you've got it set up you can use it regularly, and a file you expect to send repeatedly can be left there, with the link live for years. On a couple of other forums I have provided some rare camera and power tool instructions, and when asked I just send the link. Over the last ten years I've sent the same material hundreds of times without hassle.

1st September 2012, 11:59 AM	#1
Hazel Graduate Poster Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Just outside of St. Louis also Posts: 1,229	Forward a Folder Has anyone tried this and does it work? I have a folder with several hundred poems in it. Can I forward that entire folder to a friend and will she be able to open it? Also, if necessary, will she be able to forward it back to me and I still be able to open it? (Don't ask me to bore you with the reason for that last question. It's a safety issue in case I lose my own copy.) Thank you. Hazel
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1st September 2012, 12:08 PM	#2
Newtons Bit Philosopher Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 6,916	Originally Posted by Hazel Has anyone tried this and does it work? I have a folder with several hundred poems in it. Can I forward that entire folder to a friend and will she be able to open it? Also, if necessary, will she be able to forward it back to me and I still be able to open it? (Don't ask me to bore you with the reason for that last question. It's a safety issue in case I lose my own copy.) Thank you. Hazel Zip it, then send it.
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1st September 2012, 12:11 PM	#3
Hazel Graduate Poster Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Just outside of St. Louis also Posts: 1,229	Originally Posted by Newtons Bit Zip it, then send it. "Zip it"?
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The_Fire Unimpressed Female Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: 8th level of Hell - Maleborgia Posts: 3,037	And then there's dropbox.....
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Hazel Graduate Poster Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Just outside of St. Louis also Posts: 1,229	Originally Posted by AK-Dave What operating system are you using? (Mac OSX or Windows Vista or Windows 7 or something else) Windows XP
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1st September 2012, 12:23 PM	#7
erlando Graduate Poster Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Denmark Posts: 1,008	I'll second the use of dropbox. Also: Compressing ("zipping") the folder will create a file with the extension .zip, that you are able to send via e-mail as you would any other file. Depending on your OS, this is typically done by right-clicking the folder and choosing "Compress". In Windows 7 the option is found under "Send To" -> "Compressed (zipped) folder"
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1st September 2012, 12:33 PM	#8
Hazel Graduate Poster Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Just outside of St. Louis also Posts: 1,229	It's getting complicated. Let me ask if another way works, first. When I installed Thunderbird, it brought in all of my Outlook Express folders. I have been sitting here making duplicate folders for T-bird and transferring each document one by one. It suddenly occurred to me that I could (maybe?) have just dragged the main OE folders to T-bird's "Local Folders". Would that have worked and, if it would have, would each one have taken its subfolders along or would I then drag each subfolder up to the main one. You see, I didn't mind at all making new folders and cleaning out the old ones at the same time until I came upon this folder with 323 poems in it. Somehow, I cannot see myself dragging 323 poems from folder to folder but I don't want to lose them either.
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1st September 2012, 01:07 PM	#9
Ryokan Insert something funny here Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Norway Posts: 8,198	Originally Posted by Hazel It's getting complicated. It really isn't. You say you're using WindowsXP. Right click the folder and choose 'add to archive'.

1st September 2012, 01:36 PM	#10
jasonpatterson Philanthropic Misanthrope Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Space, The Final Frontier Posts: 2,183	Originally Posted by Hazel Somehow, I cannot see myself dragging 323 poems from folder to folder but I don't want to lose them either. I'm not familiar with the program, but it seems unusual that it doesn't allow you to select multiple files in some way, either control-A to Select All, or click the top one in the list, hold down the shift key, and click the bottom one in the list (select or deselect individual files you might not want copied or that you might want to add by control clicking.) Why do it one by one?
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1st September 2012, 02:56 PM	#11
rjh01 Gentleman of leisure Tagger Join Date: May 2005 Location: Planet Earth Posts: 17,198	Do not know about thunderbird but with Outlook when I click on the first file, hold down the shift key and then click on the last I have selected every file. If that does not work then I agree use a zip file. These are easy to create. See erlando's post for the method. It works the same way in Windows XP.
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bruto Penultimate Amazing Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: way way north of Diddy Wah Diddy Posts: 11,191	One caution here, depending on the friend's email program and downloading speed. Email generall proceeds in a queue, and a very fat mailing can be a nuisance or worse. No other mail can be gotten until that one is complete, and if it's too big it can time out a dialup connection or exceed the mail program's capacity. Back when I had dialup I had a friend who would send me huge files, and it took some time to convince her that this stalled my email program for nearly an hour sometimes! It's more courteous to the recipient to send your file to a web based storage facility like dropbox or box. net (free one that I use for this) and then send your friend the link. The recipient can then download the entire thing at leisure, and if there's a problem they can do it again. A user can multitask on the web while a file downloads, and when you know they've gotten it you can delete the file, or leave it there for other recipients. Box. net is pretty simple, the free version reasonably roomy, and once you've got it set up you can use it regularly, and a file you expect to send repeatedly can be left there, with the link live for years. On a couple of other forums I have provided some rare camera and power tool instructions, and when asked I just send the link. Over the last ten years I've sent the same material hundreds of times without hassle.
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1st September 2012, 03:47 PM	#13
Pulvinar Muse Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 819	On the other hand... we're talking poems here. Assuming the files are just text they should be tiny and compress quite well.
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1st September 2012, 04:44 PM	#14
Dan O. Philosopher Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 8,769	I think everyone has missed the key point here. Hazel is not talking about a folder in a file system. Hazel is talking about an outlook folder within the email system.
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1st September 2012, 05:09 PM	#15
Pulvinar Muse Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 819	Sorry, missed that. This add-on for Thunderbird should help then: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/thu...rtexporttools/
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2nd September 2012, 05:21 AM	#16
Hazel Graduate Poster Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Just outside of St. Louis also Posts: 1,229	Quite right, Bruto. I intended to ask her first. She once received and held a number of pictures for me until I switched computers. That's why I thought she might be able to. But, I'd never do it without an OK from the other end. And thanks to the rest of you. Pulvinar, I'll take a look at that add-on. Normally, there would be nothing wrong with just holding the OE folders. However, T-bird will not let me add to them. So, if I have a collection of documents in a particular OE folder and receive another that I also want there, I cannot put it there. I have to make a T-bird folder for it - thus ending up with two folders on the same topic. However, I think I may have found a way to transfer those OE folders to T-bird. At first I could not but I was doing it wrong. Right now I am running a test on an unimportant file to see if my solution works. Bidding farewell to little Isaac, I'm back to work here. Hope everyone in the path kept safe.
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3rd September 2012, 01:31 AM	#17
DrDave Guest Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Geneva Posts: 3,110	Originally Posted by bruto One caution here, depending on the friend's email program and downloading speed. Email generall proceeds in a queue, and a very fat mailing can be a nuisance or worse. No other mail can be gotten until that one is complete, and if it's too big it can time out a dialup connection or exceed the mail program's capacity. Back when I had dialup I had a friend who would send me huge files, and it took some time to convince her that this stalled my email program for nearly an hour sometimes! It's more courteous to the recipient to send your file to a web based storage facility like dropbox or box. net (free one that I use for this) and then send your friend the link. The recipient can then download the entire thing at leisure, and if there's a problem they can do it again. A user can multitask on the web while a file downloads, and when you know they've gotten it you can delete the file, or leave it there for other recipients. Box. net is pretty simple, the free version reasonably roomy, and once you've got it set up you can use it regularly, and a file you expect to send repeatedly can be left there, with the link live for years. On a couple of other forums I have provided some rare camera and power tool instructions, and when asked I just send the link. Over the last ten years I've sent the same material hundreds of times without hassle.