* Lamar Owen <lamar.owen@wgcr.org> [010221 16:36]:
> Vince Vielhaber wrote:
> > the things Lamar and Peter also mentioned. Note: I'm probably 450
> > messagees behind due to a 2 day dsl outage; I may have missed some of
> > the conversation. Some messages trickled in, the rest flooded in over
> > night. I may be nearing the time for incoming mail folders :)
>
> Join the club. I have just finished configuring my Netscape e-mail for
> incoming folders -- _important_ direct e-mails (having to to with my
> actual job) were getting lost in and amongst the various lists I am a
> member of. I get around 600 e-mails per day on fifteen or so different
> mailing lists (the ones at PostgreSQL.org, a half dozen at
> Broadcast.net, Bugtraq/Linux-alert/RedHat-announce, redhat-beta,
> AOLserver/OpenNSD/OpenACS, and a handful of Linux announce lists,
> unixODBC, CERT, plus all of our Internet listeners). Netscapes filters
> are a lifesaver! Of course, there are other more capable packages out
> there, but Netscape works the same on Win9x and Linux, both of which are
> in use on my notebook.
>
> I have to keep up, or the e-mail flood after a couple of days is just
> about unbearable.
slocal/procmail/mutt on a Unix Box makes it easier.
My Mailing list stuff gets filtered off.
LER
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> Lamar Owen
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> 1 Peter 4:11
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