OT - Seed list Alert - Filters
Laura & Dave (Tue, 22 Jan 2013 13:13:24 PST)

Hi Elaine, All
Regarding not seeing Bx announcements, may I offer a suggestion that may help
on your end, if you're not already doing it? This is to set up folders
(sub-directories) and filters. All browsers that I'm aware of support these
features. At least in Firefox, folders that have new messages are highlighted.
On our computer, where multiple people use the email, I have a folder called
'Dave'. Within this folder there are numerous subfolders for various
categories, including one for the PBS, where all the PBS list messages are
sent. Within that folder, there are two more folders, one for the Bx
announcements and one where I manually store (moved from the sent folder) the
requests I make for all the 'treasures' that are offered.
Once the folders are in place, you can create the filters that automatically
sort your mail. You can create these by going to the tools menu (in Firefox),
and setting up the sort criteria. This can take some experimentation for more
complex sites like the PBS. On my browser, for each incoming message, the
filter looks at the Reply-To field, sees if it Contains the phrase
pbs@lists.ibiblio.org, and if it does Moves the Message to the PBS folder. I
don't actually use a filter to isolate the Bx announcements, but one could add a
second filter (it should run before the one just described). I'd suggest trying
a filter with three search clauses (use the + button in the filter template).
Try (1st clause) Reply-To; Begins With pbs@lists (2nd clause) Subject; Contains
BX- (third clause) Subject; Doesn't Contain Re: (Action) Move-To <your
subfolder name>. This won't be perfect, but should catch all the announcements,
since there aren't any announcements withSX- in the title (yet!). As I
mentioned, this can involve a bit of experimentation, and of course all browsers
behave differently.
I know that this is a bit long winded. If you or anyone else wants some help
with this, contact me OFFLINE and I'd be happy to work with you. I have
Firefox, Opera, and IE installed on our PC type machine.

Good Gardening,
Dave Brastow
toadlily@olywa.net