all right !~
thanks, i'm getting it now - filter it is.
and thanks for the link !

i've always just done my own 'filtering' - i.e. - that looks junk,
delete it !
thanks again.

Was talkin' up your conversion set up to a client as a very cost
effective way to go.
Fuel milage is a big concern these days of course.
low to mid 20's is about all that can be achieved or expected running on
gasoline in a vanagon of course.  I'd even say 22.9 is about the tops
that can be expected in cruise.
scott

Jim Akiba wrote:
> You're misunderstanding Scott.  Both outlook and thunderbird, and in
> fact just about every email client that exists can filter the messages
> as they come in before they are opened, and route them to
> predetermined mailboxes/folders whatever the client's storage metaphor
> is.
>
> Here is a link to info for thunderbird filtering:
> http://opensourcearticles.com/introduction_to_thunderbird_7
>
> and here is one for outlook filtering:
> http://www.uh.edu/infotech/php/template.php?nonsvc_id=578
>
> and another:
> http://www.ehow.com/how_5378_set-e-mail.html
>
> You'll be MUCH happier once you set this up... if you have trouble
> setting it up, throw the list in digest mode until you get filtering
> up and running for a simple workaround so you don't have a million
> emails in your inbox overwhelming you everyday.
>
> Jim Akiba
>
>
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