AN UPDATE TO THIS MESSAGE: From: Randy Burns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Saturday, January 05, 2002, 12:22:02 PM Subject: Dealing with TBUDL List Volume using GMX
=====Original message text============ I thought I would share my technique for pre-filtering TBUDL messages (getting just the original questions sent to my standard email account, without so many reply messages). I filter-out the replys, and just send the original question emails to my standard email server. Then, if the topic is interesting, which most are, I can go find all the replies on that topic. ============================================ My TBUDL messages go to a free GMX (web) email account ( http://www35.gmx.net/v4/login?LANG=uk ), where I use these filters (below). Messages with "Re: " or "Re[2]: " are stored locally, and others are forwarded to my standard email account (to give me a heads-up on current topics on TBUDL). USING: Options / Mailbox / Forwarding / Paging ORDERED FILTERS: RULE / ACTIVE / CONDITION(S) / ACTION(S) ============================================================ *batre2* / YES / Subject contains "Re[2]: " / Save in: Batbox --- Stop rules processing here *bat* / YES / Any field contains "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" AND Subject does not contain "Re: " / Forward to: STANDARD EMAIL (READ WITH THE BAT) --- Stop rules processing here *batre* / YES / Any field contains "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" / Save in: Batbox --- Stop rules processing here ============================================================ USING FREE YAHOO ACCOUNT TO DO ALMOST THE SAME THING: 1) Get a Yahoo email account, and sign up for the (free) "Yahoo Delivers" so that you can collect your Yahoo mail with your email client (The Bat!). 2) Set up this filter for Yahoo Mail > Options > Filters: Filter 1 If Subject contains "Re: " If To/CC contains "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" (this is an "AND") then deliver to Batbox 3) Set up a pop.mail.yahoo.com account on your Bat! email client ------------------------ Bat-list-messages with no "Re: " will go to Yahoo's INBOX and wait to be downloaded to your email client (The Bat! we hope). You'll get the original questions, and the Re[2] and Re[3]'s (if you don't filter those out as well at the Yahoo stage) delivered to The Bat!. Messages of the form "Re: Blah, Blah, Blah" will be stored in the "Batbox" folder at your Yahoo web email. I use a GMX free email account to pre-filter, but GMX will be German-only soon, so you may want another option. Hope that helps, Best to all, Randy DAVE'S MESSAGE WITH STATISTICS: > > > Well, I joined the list on 5th June 2001. I never delete any messages, > > and in TBUDL folder there are 8766 messages currently... > > I joined 1/5/2001 and have TBUDL msgs archived by month with counts > as follows: > > 1/2001 1812 > 2/2001 1418 > 3/2001 856 > 4/2001 1410 > 5/2001 1489 > 6/2001 1244 > 7/2001 1127 > 8/2001 897 > 9/2001 1372 > 10/2001 998 > 11/2001 1270 > 12/2001 1515 > 1/2002 1491 (so far) > > That works out to approx 41 messages per day. :) > > -- > Dave > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Using The Bat! v1.53d on Windows NT 5.0 Build 2195 > Service Pack 2 > > ORIGINAL MESSAGE: GJim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: G> Howdy Ladies and Gents, G> This will probably sound like a complaint, but I'm just wondering if G> it is normal to see this much message traffic on this list. I joined G> the list on Jan 11th, 607 messages since then (of course, some are my G> own). Today, this list almost exceeded the combined message count for G> 4 book dealer lists to which I belong. -- R Burns [EMAIL PROTECTED] GMX - Die Kommunikationsplattform im Internet. http://www.gmx.net -- ________________________________________________________ Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Latest Vers: 1.53d FAQ : http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com
