rickofudall
Joined: 19 Sep 2009
Posts: 1392
Location: Udall, KS, USA
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 Posted: Fri Oct 23, 2009 8:58 am Post subject: A month of testing email filtering |
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I'm basically lazy and figure this expensive box ought to be able to filter out messages I have no interest in without my even having to hit the delete key. Turns out with Gmail it was easy. To create a message filter all you have to do is: Check the box on a message from the offensive party
From the More Actions drop down menu select "filter messages like these"
The email address of the offender appears automatically in the "Create a Filter" drop down box. You can refine the filter further if you wish by putting in commonly used slurs, swear words, or whatever you wish, but to just delete all messages from a sender the email address is all you need. Click the "Next Step" button.
Click the box that says "Delete It" and click the "Create Filter" button.
That's all it takes.
I was concerned about whole topics or conversations being deleted by accident but Gmail's filtering seems pretty sophisticated. It's not even fooled by all the "Re" additions. If it sees the offending email address the message goes right to trash.
Sorry, I can't speak for other software or email services, but they should have similar features.
Doesn't solve the problem, to be sure, all it does is automate the deletion process. To further automate it, change the number of days before emptying the trash file to 1.
Rick Girard
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