Alt-BEAM Archive
Message #01079
To: enci@puppet.u-net.com
From: "Pete McCarthy" dilbertpete@hotmail.com
Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 08:42:16 PST
Subject: [alt-beam] Re: Mail Filters. Was comp.robotics.beam??
Hi enci,
Glad you support newsgroups. As for the 'signal to noise ratio', you
should use a technique mastered by half of the members of the beam list.
IGNORE THOSE MESSAGES Now onto the e-mail bot, It doesn't work in
hotmail, and isn't a 'super solution' for everyone.
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>Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 22:24:16 +0000
>To: beam@corp.sgi.com
>From: Enci
>Subject: Mail Filters. Was Re: comp.robotics.beam??
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>
>At 10:20 25/02/99 -0500, Peter Low wrote:
>>
>> - My ISP's newsfeed/news management is not very good (certainly less
>> reliable than my email feed). I've noticed that messages are often
>
>I wouldnt mind a newsgroup, it would be much easier to follow threads,
>however newsgroups usually carry a much lower signal to noise ratio,
with
>all the off topic posting and trash.
>
>I bet a few of you people out there on this list are probably getting
>overwhelmed
>by the volume of mail on this list.
>
>There is a way to organise your mailbox, and this is for those who
didnt
>know this.
>Probably like most of you, all my mail goes to one email address.
>In my mail prog, eudora light, I added a folder called Beam.
>Then set up a mail filter which redirects incoming mail, when set with
the
>correct argument, to where I want it to go. For Beam list mail I think
I
>had to use:
>Match any header containing owner-beam@corp.sgi.com, then transfer to
>folder Beam.
>Its all in the help files and pretty easy to set up.
>As I said, this is eudora, I am sure other mail progs can do it, but I
have
>no idea,
>so experiment.
>You'll find it easier to "find" mail from friends.. heh.. I already
missed
>a couple
>before I setup a mail filter.
>
>I hope this helps.
>
>Enci.
>--
>"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler."
> - Albert Einstein
>
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