I like the idea of 'folders' within the list of mail filters. I am currently somehow mimicking this - I have built dummy filters that do not do anything and have a name like "===all person related filters below===", "=== all project related filters below ===" and so forth. Thus I at least can see where a section of related filters begins (I have roughly 140 filters), but real folders would be so much smarter.
Olaf Druemmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote Sat, 4 Dec 2004 15:50:38 -0600 >>Each time I'm to edit a Mail Filter I go nut because it takes *minutes* >>to find the right one. (Yes, I do have many..) > >Yes, the mail filters are a mess to sort through, but here are my >suggestions to make things more manageable... > >Folders - With a limit of 16 entries per filter, a contact list of a >hundred entries, let's say, results in 7 filters that all do the same >thing - i.e.: Computer 1, Computer 2, Computer 3, Computer 4, Computer 5, >Computer 6, Computer 7... Why couldn't all of these be put into a folder >called "Computer"? In my case, this would cut the window clutter from 57 >separate filters, to under 20 separate filters and filter folders. > >Combining Conditions - A large number of the 16 entries per filter that I >have are for people that I correspond with. This means that there is a >"From" condition and a "To" condition for a single e-mail address. Why >can't one of the pop-up options be "From or To"? This would reduce >filter-bloat considerably. > >Labels - If none of the above are doable, how about color labels for the >filters? My 22 "Compter" filters could be yellow, and my 8 "Company" >filters could be blue, and so on. This couldn't be very difficult to program. > >At any rate.... Working with PowerMail's filters can be a pain. Better >organizational tools would help. > >My 2¢. > >Tony >-- >Anthony R. Sanna >SACO Foods, Inc. >1-800-373-7226 >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
