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Subject:Re: Reducing list volume From:Marilynne Smith <marilyns -at- QUALCOMM -dot- COM> Date:Tue, 27 Oct 1998 16:07:37 -0800
Eudora has the same capabilities.
Marilynne
At 03:21 PM 10/27/98 , Thomas Quine wrote:
>Like others, my biggest problem with this list is the sheer volume of
>messages.
>For those of you who don't know, Outlook 98 has a great feature which can
>filter email from certain addresses, to certain addresses, or containing
>key words, and either put those messages into a folder you name, or delete
>them outright. It's called the Organize feature.
>I never read anything about RoboHelp or RoboHTML, so I have a "Robo" rule
>that deletes any messages in which the letters "Robo" appear.
>I also have an "Eric" rule, that deletes any message with the word "Eric"
>in the subject field or the message body before it ever gets to me.
>These two rules alone have reduced my message volume by 40%...
>Thanks for the good work, Eric...
>- Thom
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QUALCOMM AE-203B
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