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BruceL



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PostPosted: Mon Feb 27, 2006 6:27 pm    Post subject: Apology for my previous e-mail rant. Helpful instructions i Reply with quote

Guys,

Sorry for the rant about using commonly available tools to take care of
problems like we had today. And thanks to those who sent me private e-mails
thanking me for taking a moment to vent what they also were feeling. I've
had 4 private e-mails in the last hour asking me for more information on
MailWasher and I=92ll send them a reply off-list.

In my previous e-mail, when I said "join the space age", I was trying to be
funny. My intent was to remind readers that it is fairly easy to delete
this kind of flood with their e-mail software and that there is likely an
even easier way to do this with your spam software. I didn't see this
process as being intricate. My apology to anyone who was offended: I should
have explained the simple steps. Unfortunately, this e-mail is even longer
than my previous one, so hit delete if you don=92t want the instructions below
I should have included in my previous message.

IN MAILWASHER (or probably any other good spam filter):

1. Click on any e-mail in the list from someone that you wish to
=91Blacklist=92. Click on the garbage can icon.

DONE. I didn=92t see another =91flood message=92 till I removed =91Mau11(at)free.fr=92
from my Blacklist later this afternoon when I verified the following MS
Outlook method below.

IN MS OUTLOOK: (using a filter rather than the junk mail feature because we
don=92t want to trash all e-mails from the =91Europa-list=92, just those from an
underlying list-member such as =91Mau11(at)free.fr=92 in this case. I find it
somewhat easier to quickly set up a rule to look for =91Mau11(at)free.fr=92 in the
message header rather than the other method which requires you to first add
=91Mau11(at)free.fr=92 to your address book.

(not really that complicated =96 a bunch of quick clicks and the entry of the
e-mail address you wish to filter)

1. From the =91In Box=92, Right Click on an e-mail whose sender you wish to
=91blacklist=92 then Left Click on =91Create Rule=92

2. In the top panel: Click: =91with specific words in the message header=92

In the bottom panel: Click on the highlighted words =93specific words=94.

3. A box will open and enter, for example =91Mau11(at)free.fr=92.

4. Click ADD, Click OK, Click NEXT, Click on =91Delete It=92 (moves it to
deleted items folder) OR =91permanently delete it=92 (obvious what that does)

5. Click Next, Click Next. Click FINISH to delete all FUTURE messages from
the targeted sender. OR=85=85=85.

6. If you wish to delete as well, all PREVIOUS messages from the targeted
sender already in your =93In Box=94 (even deletes those messages you saved to
read later), then Click =91Run this rule now on messages already in the =93In
Box=94. Then Click FINISH.

DONE. (remember to turn this rule off when the need is over. If you turn if
off, you can easily change the e-mail address in the future and turn it back
on if another flood occurs.

I used the first method for most of the day and I only saw 1 out of
approximately 2600+ messages delivered to my PC. I used the second method
(MS Outlook) later in the day just to test the method described on around a
hundred messages. No problems.

Regards,

Bruce L.

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