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"Charles T. Meyer, M.D." wrote: > Below is the response to a FAQ about List Mail volume . I will repost > this at > intervals to asssist new members who are struggling with this issue. > If anyone has > any additions or corrections please write to me off list and I will > make the > necessary changes. It would be of help if some of you can make up > other sets of > instructions for other mail programs. > > Q The PARKINSN List overwhelms my e-mail box so that other mail gets > lost in > the large number of list posts. What can I do short of leaving the list > to manage the > volume of mail that I get and be able to read it at my leisure? > > A. The PARKINSN list has over 1800 subscribers (at the time of this > revision). > Even though many of our members choose not to actively contribute this > large > membership results in hundreds of contributions per week. Since we > want to make > the > list serve the varying needs of as large a percentage of the PD > community as > possible and to have fun there will inevitably be large numbers of > posts that you > will find that you don't have time for or are not interested in. You > will find > specific subjects or people whose posts you want to read and those > that you would > just as soon skip. > > What follows is a list of suggestions of ways to approach the list > volume and > following this are further FAQ's describing each method in more detail. > All rely on > a heavy but hopefully selective finger on the delete key. > > 1. Allow list messages to mix with other mail. This requires a fair > > amount of time and almost daily review of email. It can also work if > you don't use e-mail for anything else. But, if you let messages build > > up in your mailbox a few days you may find yourself losing your > non-list > mail in the age volume that the list generates. > > 2. If you have more than one e-mail address you can put all PARKINSN > related material in one address and download it as a separate logged-in > > individual. This requires one to think ahead and download from the > address only when you are logged on for PD. > > 3. Use the DIGEST function incorporated into the list. This takes > care of the problem but when it bunches all the correspondence from the > > day into one or two long messages it makes it harder to read and > harder to delete from since you have to delete all or none**. It also > becomes less spontaneous since there may be as long as 24 hours between > > Digests. > > 4. (RECOMMENDED) Create a separate mailbox within you own computer > just > for list mail. Each mail program is different but most have this > ability. This separates list and non-list mail using filters from list > > mail. Then one can go through all the list mail at your leisure, > allowing it to build up for a few days or responding immediately. > > I use netscape so I will describe how to accomplish #4 with that e-mail > > program. If you wish info as to other programs you can ask on the list > > and hopefully they will be incorporated in this FAQ. > > Instructions for NETSCAPE > > 1. Open Communicator > 2. Pull-down Menu click Communicator then Messenger (Or cntl+2) > 3. Pull down EDIT then choose MESSAGE FILTERS. > 4. A Message box Entitled Message filters will open Click NEW > 5. A Message box will open entitled FILTER RULES > 6. Fill in filter name PARKINSN > 7. (Click) MATCH ALL OF THE FOLLOWING the (select) TO of the message > (select) CONTAINS PARKINSN (type in with exact spelling) then > (select) MOVE TO FOLDER (click) New folder. > 8. A box comes up "new folder". (Type) name: PARKINSN Create as > Subfolder of (Click) INBOX (Click) OK. (click) OK. (Click) OK. > > 9. That should do it. > > For Outlook express > > You must first create the folders to accept your incoming e-mail > messages. > In my case I created one called New PD Messages and another one called > Non-PD messages. Then do the following: > > Open the "Tools" menu. > Choose "Rules Wizard..." > Choose "New". > > Click on "Check messages when they arrive." > Click on "Next." > Click on the little box corresponding to "from people or distribution > list." > In the lower window insert "Parkinsn". > Click on "Next". > Click on the little box corresponding to "move it to the specified > folder." > In the lower window insert "New PD Messages". > > Click on "Next". > Click on the little box correstponding to "except if the subject > contains > specific words." > In the lower window type in "Non-PD". > > Click on "Next". > Label this rule name New Parkinsn Messages or whatever you desire. > Make sure to checkmark the little box to turn on the rule. > Click on "Finish." > > To place your Non-PD messages in a different folder repeat the above > steps but make sure you specify that your subject must contain Non-PD. > > Contributed by > > Teresa V. Bohuszewicz > > ** Gordon Fercho contributes the following regarding this: > > Select the message you want to delete; then depress the delete key on > the > keyboard and it will disappear. > > When you close the digest processor message it asks you if you want to > save > the changes. Click on SAVE and that's it. You'll have retained only > those > messages you did not select and delete. > > Good luck > > Charlie > -- > > ****************************************************************************************** > > Charles T. Meyer, M.D. > Middleton (Madison), Wisconsin > [log in to unmask] > > ****************************************************************************************** > > -- > ****************************************************************************************** > > Charles T. 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