E-mail link
Yes, I know this is strange. I've discovered a way to eliminate spam and this is a part of the plan.
On the subject line of your message enter the words "new contact", or your message will end up in my deleted file (see below).
I do occasionally take a cursory look at these messages before I empty the deleted file but that is no guarantee that I will catch your message at all; and for sure your message will not be answered promptly.
My spam blocking system
I am using Outlook
Express.
My system requires no special programs, downloads, or ad ons, and
seems to be working fine.
If you wish to do this it is a four step operation.
1. Create a new file named "New Inbox" (or one of your choosing). Your original inbox will not work for this.
2. Create a new mesage rule:
Click on
"tools", message rules, mail, new.
In box 1, Click the box "where the from line contains
people"
In box 3, click the words "contains people"
In the new window that appears, click on "address
book", and choose those people you wish to receive mail
from, and then clicking the "from" button. It may be
that you wish to receive mail from everyone in your address book
or you may choose this time to go through your address book and
delete those you do not know or recall. Before deleting them
however you might want to contact them and see if they recall you
and wish to reintroduce themselves to you.
In the window "new mail rule", box two choose
"copy it to the specified folder"
in box 3 click on the words "specified folder" and (as
above) choose "New Inbox".
This will put mail from everyone you choose to recieve mail from into your "new inbox".
3. Create a second new rule:
Using the pattern above,
create a new rule that "where the subject line contains
specific words"
choose the words you wish. I have chosen the words "new
contact".
"copy it to the specified folder" (new inbox).
4. Create a third rule:
"For all messages", "delete it from the server"
Now,
1. Messages from anyone you have designated will be copied to
your "new inbox" folder.
2. Messages which contain in the subject line "new
contact" will go to the "new inbox" folder as
well.
3. All messages that have gone to your original inbox, including
those copied to "new inbox", will be deleted, but of
course a copy was saved to your "new inbox", which was
not deleted.
Works very well and every time. The downside, of course, is the posibility that you may miss new contacts who don't know the rules for contacting you. This is why all my website email links point to this page.
My email groups
I have several e-mail
groups listed below.
Their purpose is to inform people interested in the subjects
listed of changes in the latest information that I have.
If you would like to be a
part of one of these groups please let me know and I will add
your name.
Replies, comments and questions are, of course, more than
welcome.
Daily update: not necessairily daily but updates on my life and that of our family and travels as an over-the-road truck driver. Very informal.
Political: Conservative thoughts, concerns and items of interest
Humor: Mostly forwards I receive from others. I'm not all that funny myself.
Church: Church news
Genealogy e-mail
groups: These are families of our ancestors.
Occasionally information will be passed along.
Adkins
Bell
Borah
Brown
Calvert
Claybough
Cleveland
Cooley
Devolt
Dickhuth
Eckenrode
Flint
Goplen
Garland
Gaskin
Gelpin
Gilbertson
Goecke
Goplen
Gregory
Hagar
Halloway
Hansdtr
Hineman
Hovede
Hunt
Jackson
King
Louis
Mastin
Morrison
McDermott
McGann
McMahan
Miller
Morrison
Neilson
Nyhus
Peckham
Poole
Reed
Scoles
Shaw
Shields
Staum
Statyon
Struble
Taylor
Trobaugh
Walker
page last updated: 05/24/2004 01:49:51 PM