This is why we have decided to restrict such activity on these lists. David Ferrin [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Chris Feist" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 9:43 PM Subject: [Blind-Computing] Thwarting cross posts with Outlook 2003
> 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] > 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]
