Hi None, On Mon, 13 May 2002 19:19:07 -0500, you wrote: > 1. Set up each account.
Hehe... a given, otherwise you don't get the mail ;) > 2. Set up a "dummy account" called Unsorted Mail. Just make up > some bogus email address and then under > Account//Properties//General//Options check "Ignore Check All > Requests." Also Check "Mark message as read only when it is > opened in a separate window." Why setup a dummy account when TB! supports common folders, aliases, and advanced filtering? > 3. Now for each of the "real" account go to Account//Sorting > Office/Filters//Incoming mail//New and create a filter which > operates on all mail. When it is done, hit Ctrl-C to copy it to > the clip board. Might want to move it ahead of the Known > filter just to be picky. Here is what is in my clipboard when I > hit Crtl-C: Why do you want to filter all mail into the unsorted mail box? Why not just filter each list on the account it comes into, into the appropriate common folder? > Now when you check all your accounts all mail will be transfered > unread into the Inbox of Unsorted Mail. No need for this if setup like I mentioned in my email. > Now Create a Folder outside of any account called Sorted Mail. > Under it create the various folders that meet your needs, such > as Mailing Lists, Personal Mail etc etc. Ahhh... now you're getting somewhere. I still don't get the whole idea of the "dummy account" thing. > While you're at it, create a new folder outside of all accounts > called Spam. Always useful to have a spam folder just to dump the rubbish in. Especially if you deal with spamcop.net or manually do the abuse tracking. > Now go in to Unsorted Mail and start setting up all your filters > under Incoming Mail. Have a filter at the bottom of the list > called Spam which transfers all mail to Spam (ie all mail that > hasn't already been filtered.) See the thread on filtering that just popped up (Easy Spam Filtering)... Something about the Sherlock method... eleminate all possible combinations, and what you get left... must be spam (ie filter out your mailing lists, friends etc put them into appropriate folders, and the final stuff will more than likely be spam). > Make sure you have a filter called "Personal Mail" which checks > the recipient for being one of your email addresses. You can > use Alternatives for each account, or else you can set up an > address book group with your account in it with all your email > address listed in the entry. This is the Known filter pre-built into TB! now. That filter works straight away for you. All you need to do is switch it on ;) > Now with this set up, when you check your mail, all of the mail > for all accounts will go to Unsorted Mail/Inbox where it will > stay, unread. You can peek at it here if you want. To transfer > it to the storage folders, right mouse click and hit Re-filter > messages. Now the mail will all transfer from your Unsorted > Mail/Inbox to all your various folders. If you're doing that method, why not just put your filter on the "On Read" event? Would save extra mouse clicks. > Now go check your Spam folder and create additional filters on > the Unsorted Mail account to file anything you missed. Repeat. That's the idea... make sure you're not catching good mail, and make sure you're catching the bad mail that slipped in. > Kind of a lot of work, but this scenario allows you to set up > all your email filters in one place rather than having to have > duplicate filters on each account. Now I see the idea of this idea. And yes... a fair bit of work. I still believe that just setting the filters on the accounts is just as easy. Or you might as well just contact all of your mail providers, and get them to forward it to one account, then filter from there. -- Jonathan Angliss ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ________________________________________________________ Current Ver: 1.60k FAQ : http://faq.thebat.dutaint.com Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Bug Reports: https://bt.ritlabs.com
