Liz, It is the To: field. The technical answer is an email contains required information. Each email has many fields but for this discussion we care about From: and To:. List software like that used by [email protected] will put the actual sender, in the case of this email it would be my email, in the From: field and will replace [email protected] into the To: field. Thats how you are able to just reply to a list email and the email goes to the list and not the original sender. It is slightly more technical than that but I have covered the essentials. That was a very good catch though. I was very frustrated with the message rules until I actually "looked" into the raw email message. Which contains more information than Outlook or whatever actually shows you. Hope that helps -- Mike Buell Fairport, NY > -----Original Message----- > From: liz Parmalee [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Monday, September 08, 2003 3:34 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Sorting list emails (was RE: VANT mailing list created) > > > 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 > > > > > > > > ==== 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 >