Re: Domain based sorting
LuKreme <[email protected]>
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Alan Clifford <[email protected]> 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. -- ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH THE WORDS 'DEATH WAS HIS CONSTANT COMPANION'? 'But I don't usually see you!'