[pianotech] Improving the content of this list

[Paul Williams]

Too bad we have to resort to this, Mark.  But some old dogs can't learn new tricks! …or hints…Oh well, we've tried for a couple years now.  Proof is in the pudding so to speak.  Remember that other person about 3-4 years ago who poo poo'd everything and thought that she/he (we're not sure) knew everything that was wrong with what we said??  She/he (?) faded away…How did we do that??  Some are more stubborn than others… no matter what we say.

I don't know what else to do either, Mark.  Good info!

Paul


From: Mark Purney <mark.purney at mesapiano.com<mailto:mark.purney at mesapiano.com>>
Reply-To: "pianotech at ptg.org<mailto:pianotech at ptg.org>" <pianotech at ptg.org<mailto:pianotech at ptg.org>>
Date: Tuesday, November 13, 2012 2:11 PM
To: "pianotech at ptg.org<mailto:pianotech at ptg.org>" <pianotech at ptg.org<mailto:pianotech at ptg.org>>
Subject: [pianotech] Improving the content of this list

If you are getting tired of seeing insulting or immature posts from individuals who are intentionally trying to be annoying, there is a simple way to never have to see such posts again in the future. If everyone did this, the problem would go away:

(Most of you know how to do this already, but for those who aren't as comfortable with computers, this info might be of some use...)

Most pop/smtp email client software programs, as well as most web-based mail systems (Gmail, Yahoo, etc.) offer simple ways to filter incoming email so that messages from unwanted senders goes straight to the trash. This filtering is also extremely useful in sorting your mail - particularly for moving all incoming list emails to a subfolder, so that your pianotech list emails don't get mixed in with your general inbox messages. (I have dozens of filters and folders, and I simply could not function if everything came into one inbox.)

Below are instructions for auto-deleting incoming mail from unwanted sources for Thunderbird and Outlook. For other systems, the procedures are quite easy to find by searching:

Mozilla Thunderbird:
Go to Tools > Message Filters > New.
Type in Filter Name (whatever you want to call it)
Set Apply Filter When:  Checking Mail

In the 3 upper drop-down boxes:
Select "From" in the left box
Select "contains" in the middle box
Type in the address you want to reject in the right box

In the lower drop-down boxes:
Select "Move Message to" in the left box
Select "Trash" in the box to the right of that.



Microsoft Outlook:
The fastest way to block mail from a sender in Outlook 2007 and 2010 is to right-click a message from the address, choose Rules > Always Move Messages From, and select the Deleted Items folder in the list that appears.

Another option is to add the address to Outlook's Blocked Senders list: in Outlook 2003 and 2007, click Tools > Options > Preferences > Junk E-mail > Blocked Senders > Add, and then enter the address.

To access the Blocked Senders list in Outlook 2010, click Junk in the Delete group on the Home tab and choose Junk E-mail Options > Blocked Senders > Add. You can also select a message from the sender to be blocked and click Junk > Block Sender. The Outlook 2010 Help and How-to site provides more information on the program's Safe Senders, Safe Recipients, and Blocked Senders lists.


(Some of this information is copied from howto.cnet.com)
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