Ah, thanks for answering my question about this. Greatly appreciated. David Ferrin wrote: > Yes, that would be considered cross posting. Now if you sent the same > message to multiple lists but individually meaning one at a time then that > would not be thought of as cross posting. We've decided this policy for a > couple of reasons, but suffice it to say that's the way it is on here. > David Ferrin > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Alan & Terrie Robbins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, March 03, 2008 5:26 AM > Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Thwarting cross posts with Outlook 2003 > > >> David, >> >> Just wanted to ensure I was on the same page with cross posts? Say I'm a >> member of group A,B,C, & D. Would cross posting be if I generated a >> question or comment to Group A and then put groups B, C, & D in the cc >> field? >> >> thanks >> Al >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of David Ferrin >> Sent: Sunday, March 02, 2008 10:29 PM >> To: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Thwarting cross posts with Outlook 2003 >> >> >> 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] >> >> >> 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]
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