OK, since you've said this -- any idea how to create a new "folder" at gmail? I want one called HELD MAIL where I can put extra-large messages with attachments until I can get to a hi-speed connex.
Cheryl William Boswell wrote: > 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 If you're using an outdated version of Outlook like I am 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] > <mailto:[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
