On Fri, 26 Feb 1999, Vladimir Kutchoukov wrote:

> Dear MEMS member,
>
> The number of email which I get every day from this mailing list is really
> big and many people are concerned about that. That's why I decided to write
> an email to propose a solution for the problem of the mixed incoming email
> from MEMS mailing list and other important emails. What could be done is
> just to setup a rule for your incoming email in your email client (if your
> email client has this feature). That means that you can setup in some email
> clients a rule in order to receive part of your email, by choosen criteria,
> in another folder. I use Outlook Express and what you should do is to create
> a rule to the email coming from MEMS. If you use Outlook Express ver 4.0
> then you have to go to: TOOLS -> INBOX ASSISTANT -> ADD. Type in the "FROM:"
> field MEMS@ISI.EDU and in the "COPY TO:" field your target folder where you
> want to get your email from MEMS (i.e. MEMS). This settings will allow you
> to receive all your email from MEMS in another choosen from you folder. For
> Outlook Express ver 5.0 the setting procedure is a little bit different. Go
> to TOOLS -> MESSAGE RULES -> MAIL -> MAIL RULES -> NEW. Check the box:
> "Where the From contains people" and click on "people" in "3.Rule
> Description" and type MEMS@ISI.EDU. After that check the box: "Move it to
> the specified folder" and clicking on "specified" in "3. Rule Description"
> you can give a name of your folder for the incoming email from MEMS (i.e.
> MEMS).
> I hope this information will help most people to sort your incoming email.
>
> With Kind Regards,
> Vladimir Kutchoukov

Similar sorting/filtering of emails on Linux/Unix machines can be done by
utilities like "procmail".  I use this utility to sort my incoming mails.
The procedure for such filtering is a bit lengthy.  You can ask your
system administrator if your system has "procmail" or such a utility and
how to use it.

I can send further info about "procmail" to people who desire.

Regards,
Bhagwati
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   Bhagwati P. Haldiya
   School of Biomedical Engineering
   Indian Institute of Technology
   Powai, Bombay - 76, INDIA.
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