I use filters for a lot of lists I belong to and it does prevent the inbox from getting overloaded.
If you're using an outdated version of Outlook like I am (2007), you go to "Tools" then "Rules and Alerts" on the menu bar. From there you can create a rule to specify what folder to send the emails to. I don't know if it's changed much in later versions of Outlook. Like was mentioned, if you don't check that folder frequently you may be responding to an old thread that has been answered. Bill Boswell From: Wendy Howard [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Sunday, June 15, 2014 12:39 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [LegacyUG] email list too much- inbox overload If you're concerned about the incoming mail clogging your mail box, there are ways to manage the mail so that it is out of the way until such time as you're ready to read it. Create a filter to identify the list mail (by the address for the list, [email protected]) and divert that mail to its own folder. Now it is out of the Inbox, and safely waiting until you're ready to read it. Don't know how to set a filter in your mail box? Check your service's help and/or look at the instructions I put on my personal web site - http://freepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wendyh65/How-to.htm#RuleFilter I wrote these years ago so some things may have changed, but you should be able to work it out for whatever service/program you're using. If this mailing list was changed to a message board (what you're calling a 'forum'), it would loose me pretty quickly. Not a fan of them, never have been. But that's just me and I accept that not everyone thinks the way I do. ;-) Hope this helps. :-) Wendy Annie Delyth Stratton said the following on 15/06/2014 12:48: This would be much more useful as a forum I could check into as needed. I have to unsubscribe because most posts are not relevant to me, and get in the way of my work and other emails. Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
