[Elecraft] [OT] Maintaining Sanity with Filters

[Jim Cassidy]

Is there an email roofing filter recommendation??

----- Original Message -----
From: "Nr4c" <nr4c at widomaker.com>
To: "Kevin Stover, AC0H" <kstover at ac0h.net>
Cc: elecraft at mailman.qth.net
Sent: Tuesday, August 1, 2017 3:37:05 PM
Subject: Re: [Elecraft] [OT] Maintaining Sanity with Filters

Interesting subject. I don't seem to have trouble with the "filters" in my K3S. So I just deleted this thread. Now I see it is about "email filters". Duh, who knew?

A more descriptive subject might have drawn me in. This is something I might be interested in



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...nr4c. bill


> On Aug 1, 2017, at 5:52 PM, Kevin Stover, AC0H <kstover at ac0h.net> wrote:
> 
> I have a filter setup for OT posts.
> 
> If the sender of the email puts OT or [OT] in the subject line a required by the Elecraft guidelines my mail program will automatically move that email to an "OT" folder which I peruse at my convenience.
> 
> All of my filters run on any new mail and move the mail to the respective folder. Any email that doesn't get moved ends up in a generic "Elecraft" folder with two strikes applied. If the mail wasn't sent by Eric or Wayne they're gone. Strike three.
> 
> It all gets sorted and moved automatically. I don't have to touch it and don't ever see the emails the filters have deleted unless I check the trash before cleaning that out. It's usually right click and "empty folder".
> 
> 
>> On 7/31/2017 7:16 PM, Dave Cole wrote:
>> What if I make a post with the same title as the one above, and don't mention any Elecraft model numbers in either the body or subject...
>> How do you make the decision to filter or delete then?  I ask not to be contentious, but to learn how for my own filters.  I don't want to have to set filters in real time for every OT post, but a general filter would be great.
>> 73s and thanks,
>> Dave
>> NK7Z
>> http://www.nk7z.net
>>> On 07/31/2017 04:47 PM, Kevin Stover, AC0H wrote:
>>> It's simple.
>>> 
>>> I set my filters up to Elecraft mail list guidelines.
>>> Any mail those filters don't move to the correct local folder, K2, K3, KX3, etc..., are unceremoniously dumped.
>>> 
>>> You could post the cure for cancer and if you can't follow the "rules" as set up by Elecraft my mail reader will auto-dump your scofflaw email.
>>> 

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