On 6/26/02 10:22 AM, "Paul Berkowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 6/26/02 5:10 AM, "Judi Sohn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Speak of which, I'd love to see an expiration on rules and mailing lists. >> Like in the newsreaders where you can set a filter to expire X days after >> last use. I have quite a few rules and mailing lists that were needed for a >> certain point and then sit there for months and months untouched until I get >> around to cleaning them out. > > Which is not hurting anybody or anything. Whereas if they had an "expires > on" date and you forgot about its, you'd get awfully upset if things just > "stopped working". The newsreaders have the "expire after..." thing as an option. Check it and enter a date, don't check it and stuff sits forever. Plus, when the filter expires it gives you a warning. > Not everything should be automated. So why do you spend so much of your time writing scripts for things that can be done manually? <g> I'm not saying everything should be automated, but I think the program should give me the option of automating things that will make a difference in how I use the program. How can I even tell if a rule is doing what it's supposed to do if I can't remember when I added it, or why, or if it's doing anything? >Whenever you get > around to doing the housekeeping will be time enough. In your opinion, perhaps. How do you know how much time someone has to spend on housekeeping things that the program allows no mechanism to organize? How does one value how much time for someone else is "enough"? If I have to spend another 2 hours organizing my rules and MLM so the rules I have are working effectively, it is my opinion that it's about 1 hour and 45 minutes too much. Email is a big part of my life, both personally and professionally. I don't want to devote any more of that time to "housekeeping" than is absolutely necessary and that's a big reason why I spent the money on Office X in the first place. I don't think I'm asking for anything earth shattering. A creation/modification date and maybe "this rule has been activated 453 times" would be a good start. -- Judi Sohn [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.momathome.com -- To unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archives: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.letterrip.com/> old-archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/entourage-talk%40lists.boingo.com/>
