----- Original Message ----- From: "John D Lamb" To: "Pit Apps" Cc: "suse-en" Sent: Saturday, February 17, 2001 9:27 AM Subject: Re: [SLE] Off-topic(it's about the list)

Find an ISP that lets you read your mail online >through a browser. Then you can delete all the messages you don't want >to read.

Yeah What do you think i'm doing? But I still have to delete the 200messages every time. On nntp.futurtenet.co m I don't there I just look at them and the server deletes the old ones. Pit A.

**strings of ones and zeros arranged themselves into a message from Jerry Kreps on Sat, 17 Feb 2001 08:23:11 -0600 which said... I would suggest FILTERS , most modern email prgrams allow them, the rules can be as easy or complex as you wish. I'd also say, depending on how you like to save your emails , try polarbar mailer www.polarbar.org a completly portable solution ( it stores teh eamil as *.pop these are actually just plain text .. I've been using it since it's inception , and it's pretty zippy for a java program ( I guess that might depend on the jvm ) ANd if you want something added or reworked or whatever, you can join the list and suggest away. ( for me the best feature is still the non proprietery way of storing emails. After all in computing , stuff breaks , peopel decide to stop making or supporting products .. chit happens, and if you have a few years of what have become business records , by virtue of your web design or whatever ebusiness ( or regular biz, if you're just a totally cpnnected type >g>) YOu dont want to be stuck having to convert several hundred emails by hand ( several thou? ) oh yeah it's a free program , even tho it was origionally started by a for profit company. j afterthought: Yes, I am an agent of Satan, but my duties are largely ceremonial.

Victor R. Cardona wrote:

Pit Apps wrote:

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Hello, this is an off-topic question on the list: I normally check my mail one or two times a day. But when I check it I get 200messages and just ten are not from suse-linux-en. I mean now when I'm writing this e-mail I already get two new ones. How can I make suse-linux-en as a newsgroup(like: nntp.futurenet.com) so I don't get every thing sent to my mail address?

I actually don't know the answer to your question, but I have another idea. You could use procmail to filter your mail. I use it to place all messages from the suse-linux-e list in a separate mailbox. That way my inbox only has nonlist items.

The same with K Mail. Create a new folder named SuSE, and with the filter (File > Filter) direct all messages that contain [SLE] in the subject, to this folder. The rest goes to the inbox. I guess this is possible with every E-mail program. SH