Evening all. First some background. The following is a scenario which occurs way too frequently on many lists I'm on. For example, a person will cross post to, let's say, four other lists. And let's say I'm also on those four lists. Instead of one email, I've now received sixteen identical emails. that's four that appear on each list. Mull over that. Sixteen copies of one email. That's a lot. In actuality, if I'm on all four lists, without the cross posting I should expect to receive a maximum of four identical emails. Now that's to be expected and is perfectly understandable... but not sixteen.
Now when you consider that this type of behavior is all too common, I face hundreds of identical emails a day. I'm sure many of you can relate. The problem grows at an exponential rate and is out of control in a short period of time. Also, I can literally reach my on-line email limit with so many repeats if I'm away for just a few days and can't clear out my inbox before it's too late. And now I come to the reason I bring this up here. My question is there any way with Outlook 2003 to set it up to automatically delete all cross posts and leave me with just one email? Since there seems to be no sign that this poor email etiquette is on the decline, I'm hoping that I can take the bull by the horns so I don't have to continue spending more time deleting repeated emails than reading my messages. Naturally, Outlook won't be able to take care of all the repeated emails on-line that eat up my email storage before I can download them. FYI, grouping by conversation doesn't work for me because when I set my folders up that way they're no longer in any order that makes sense. In Outlook XP, this method worked better because grouping by conversation put the newest grouped emails at the top where I could easily find them. But now in Outlook 2003, they can be anywhere. In other words, if I group by conversation, it actually takes me longer to scroll through all my email-from top to bottom which is a lot-- to find the particular groups I wish to delete. Anyway, I felt I needed to explain why grouping by conversation and then deleting the thread is not a viable option. Believe me, I've tried repeatedly, but Outlook 2003 and XP are two different animals in this regard. That being said, if anyone's got any suggestions for how to thwart this annoying cross post habit some people have, I would be extremely grateful. Thank you very much. Chris Feist - The one and only! Visit the JAWS Users List home page at: http://www.jaws-users.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.jaws-users.com/BlindComputing.php If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
