Alan Clifford <lists(_at_)clifford(_dot_)ac> squawked out on Thursday
18-Aug-2011@17:31:16
On Thu, 18 Aug 2011, LuKreme wrote:
A certain person in my household who shall remain nameless has a habit of
signing up for email newsletters or whatever at a rather astonishing rate,
and I’ve been unable to keep up with any sort of sorting methodology that
can help her.. errr, can help this nameless person keep up with the mail.
In the first instance, couldn't you use a list in a file of domains or email
addresses of the bacn emails that you already know about and redirect then to
a separate mail folder?
Yes, I do that. but the flood has become a torrent and I’ve been unable to keep
up. And since *I* do not know what is really wanted, what is sorta wanted in
theory, and what is not wanted, I have to proceed with care.
Also, that means going in to the mailserver quit frequently and updating this
list manually. The key advantage to this domain sorting is that 1) it’s
automatic and 2) it will I’ve me a list very quickly I can then use to try to
cull some of the crap.
Also, some of these ‘lists’ send a whole lot of messages. Many are simply once
a month newsletters, but many are once a day, or seemingly so. Putting the once
a month stuff in with the once a day stuff means the lower frequency is simply
overwhelmed.
It might be a bit simpler to do and get rid of a lot of the problem very
quickly.
I’m looking at this as a multi-stage problem. First, get a handle on everything
that is coming in, THEN figure out how best to sort it. Right now, too much
important wheat is getting lost in the (theoretically) desired chaff.
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ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE WORDS 'DEATH WAS HIS CONSTANT COMPANION'? 'But
I don't usually see you!'
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