Just wanted to say thanks for the help. It answered my questions and showed me a different way to skin a cat. (Sorry, still in Halloween spirit.)
Nicholas. On 10/30/2005 05:32 PM, "Matthew Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 31/10/2005 09:25, "Barry Wainwright" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On 30/10/05 22:14, "Double Image Studio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>> Hello all, >>> >>> Short: We would like to set up one computer to receive only one specific To: >>> address. What is the best way to do that? I can't seem to get to do it by >>> using the Rules. >>> >>> Long: We would like one machine to receive only mail addressed to >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED]; all other mail would get deleted after having >>> been downloaded. Our other machine would continue receiving all mail but if >>> it's easy enough, we would delete anything that contains the twix address. >>> We are on a POP3 account running through a 3rd party server so that we >>> receive any mail that is addressed to us using our domain name. I could not >>> find a way to do a rule using Boolean terms unless I missed something. Any >>> ideas and thanks for the help. >>> >>> G4 450 single, 10.3.9, MS Office 2004 v.11.1.0, POP3 account >>> >> >> On this machine, set the POP account to 'keep mail on server', so it can >> also be collected from the other machine. >> >> Then, set up a mail rule to check for 'any recipient' does not contain >> 'twix', action 'delete message'. >> >> That should do it. > > Not quite. It would also require all other computers that access that > account to also leave the mail on the server, perhaps deleting it after so > many days. If you don't do this then another computer would download the > mail and delete it and the twix computer will not receive all messages to > twix. > > You should also ensure the mail account settings on the twix machine are set > not to delete messages from the server when they are deleted from the > computer. > > If there is a 3rd party server receiving mail to the domain then it would be > better to set the server up to have a separate account for the twix mail. > The twix machine would then not have to do all this, other than downloading > the mail. -- 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/>
