Mike, It does not bother me whether or not I know where an e-mail comes from. If it has an genealogy query in the title, I figure it is pretty safe. I have one question about your instructions-- <message rule which takes any message sent to [email protected] and moves them to a folder named "Oswego List"> Do you mean from rather than to? I am a rookie and would like to know how the computer knows this if the message does not identify itself as such. Thanks for any help in this matter. Liz ----- Original Message ----- From: "Buell, Michael" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 9:10 AM Subject: Sorting list emails (was RE: VANT mailing list created) > Hello, > > I have been following this thread. But, has anyone tried using features in > the email software to help identify list emails. > > Most email software has some way to identify, classify, highlight etc. an > email. For example I use MS outlook on this computer. I have set up a > message rule which takes any message sent to [email protected] and > moves them into a folder named "Oswego List". I could easily have made the > email line show up in my inbox in a different color or font. Outlook > express has a similar but different mechanism, which I use at home to sort > my wife and kids email from mine. > > I believe every other email program will have the same type of feature. > Just look into the help file for something like "message rules", "highlight" > or "classify". > > I just want to note that I'm not trying to admonish anyone. I am just > trying to help out. And besides by doing a little experimenting you might > end up with another tool to make your computer experience better. > > -- > Mike Buell > Fairport, NY > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] > > Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 2:34 AM > > To: [email protected] > > Subject: Re: VANT mailing list created > > > > > > Anna writes: > > << I am new to this list and very confused by it as well. > > The messages that > > I get do not have the NYOSWEGO in the subject line. I use > > the the subject > > line to sort my messages, it makes it much easier to stay on > > many lists. At this > > point I am probably going to have to give up this list, due > > to the fact that > > it is too time consuming to go through the message and figure > > out where it > > came from. This is a great service and I am always happy to > > participate, it is > > just due to my other obligations that this is my > > consideration at this point. >> > > > > You might consider going to the digest format for this > > list rather than > > unsubscribing. > > > > The digests DO come with "NYOSWEGO-D Digest" in the > > subject line and in > > the email are the (generally) 1-10 emails of the day with a > > list of the topics > > in the digest first followed by the actual emails one after > > the other in > > order. It takes only a moment to read all the topics listed > > to see if you actually > > want to scroll down to read any of the messages. > > > > Blessings, > > Joanne (Virginia) > > > > > > ==== NYOSWEGO Mailing List ==== > > New York GenExchange > > http://www.genexchange.com/state.cfm?state=ny > > > > ============================== > > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online > > genealogy records, go to: > > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > > ==== NYOSWEGO Mailing List ==== > Northern New York History and Genealogy > www.nnygenealogy.com > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >