To complete Eric's solutions for filtering messages I have added the comments
for Netscape.
"Eric D." wrote:
> Solution #1:
>
> Eudora/Outlook/Netscape:
> 1. make sure you're on "FEED" mode (individual e-mails)
> 2. set up a "filter" (Filter in Eudora, Rule in Outlook, ?? in Netscrape)
For Netscape you have to open: 'Edit' menu/ 'Message Filters...' and then...
> 3. filter messages into a folder (e.g. all messages with
> "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" in the From: address go to folder "g-list")
... it's almost the same as you suggested in #3...
...In short: when you're in 'Message Filters' click the 'New' button, type
'G-list' (w/o the quotes) in the field, then below by 'Filter Action' click on
'subject' and set it to 'to' 'contains'and paste '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
(w/o the quotes) in the open field. Then by 'Move to folder' click on 'New
Folder' and type G-list and select 'Inbox' for where to create the g-list
folder; or if you want create those folders at the same level of the 'Local
mail' folder. That's all. Do that for all your email list folders and it's far
much easier to read those emails.
> 4. sort by SUBJECT
> 5. learn how to use a combo of the shift-key and the up-and-or-down keys to
> select messages followed by the "delete" or "del" keys to delete them (it's
> fast & I can deal with 50 messages in 30 seconds leaving the one or two I'm
> interested in, especially if they're in "threads")
> or
> 5. use the mouse and the shift key to delete whole threads
For Netscape: If there is more than one mail with the same subject including
replies ('Re:') Netscape creates a thread and shows it with a little blue
triangle in front of it.
If you're not interested in reading that thread you can click on the icon in
front of the blue triangle, it's some sort of blue stack with a green arrow
pointing downwards, if you click on that, the whole thread will be selected
and pressing the delete key on your k/b (or clicking the delete button) will
trash the whole thread.
> Hotmail & Yahoo, web interface:
> 1. make sure you're on "FEED" mode
> 2. create a folder
> 3. set up a "filter" like in #3 above (Options: Custom Filter (Hotmail),
> Options: Filters (Yahoo))
> 4. sort the relevant folder by SUBJECT
> 5. use the mouse and your browser's JavaScript ability to delete whole
> threads in seconds without reading them
>
> NOTE: You can also be on "DIGEST" mode and do the above. Outlook Express
> (not sure about Eudora or Netscrape) offers you the ability to "burst"
> digests into individual e-mails. It's not 100% perfect but it does a pretty
> good job.
>
> Solution # 2 (extremely draconian (you'll miss lots of posts) & provides
> only temporary relief):
> 1. make sure you're on "FEED" mode
> 2. set up filters for particular senders or subjects
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