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Subject:Re: LIST options change From:Karen Kay <karenk -at- NETCOM -dot- COM> Date:Mon, 14 Feb 1994 11:57:15 -0800
Jacobs Chris said:
> One point I'd like to add: With all of the messages marked from individuals
> rather than from the list, I find it far more difficult to cope with an
> overflowing mailbox. Previously, I could instantly distinguish TECHWR-L
> messages by their "From" address and read through them while putting off
> reading other, less-applicable-to-life messages. No longer is this true. I
> must read the subject header as well as the "From," and then hope I'm right in
> guessing it's TECHWR-L, not some other list or junk mail.
Yes, and it screws up my elm filter rules. So it shows up in my
mailbox instead of the tech-writing box.
