Re: OutLook Express Question
- From: "Walter Siren" <wsiren@xxxxxxx>
- To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 23 Apr 2004 08:28:49 -0500
One thing that I would add to that, and that is if the list that you want to
send to a special box, uses the list name
in the subject as some do, use that instead of the to: or cc: fields. Then all
of your messages for that list will go
in there. Using the to: or cc: lines if the subject does not use the list name
will get most of them, but the way some
people cross post, may not get all of them.
Walter Siren
----- Original Message -----
From: "Steve" <k8sp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, April 22, 2004 10:33 PM
Subject: Re: OutLook Express Question
> Marvin,
>
> Ok, to block a sender. There are two ways:
>
> First, if you have a message from the person you wish to block:
> 1. Press alt-m for message. Press R for rules. Arrow down to block sender.
> 2. I think there will be radio buttons for mail, newsgroups, or both. Select
> the appropriate one and press enter.
>
> Second, if you don't have a message from the sender:
>
> 1. From your inbox, press alt-t for tools; R for rules; I think it is B for
> Block Sender but you can arrow down through the choices to get to that. Press
> enter.
> 2. A dialog will come up asking you to enter the e-mail address or domain
> name of the person you wish to block. Entering a domain name will block all
> messages from that domain.
> 3. After you enter the sender e-mail, you'll have those samethree radio
> buttons.
>
> Your second question dealt with creation of message rules. Since you didn't
> specify what you wanted to do, here is a nice summary that Greg previously
> posted to this list:
>
>
> 1. In OE, go to Tools Menu, Message Rules submenu, Mail...
> - This brings up the Mail Rules dialog. It is possible to add a mail rule
> direct from a message itself but I've had occasions where that didn't give
> me the rule I wanted, so I always opt for making them this way.
> 2. In the Mail Rules dialog, tab to the New... button or press Alt+n.
> - The New Mail rule dialog opens and speaks the following:
> Select your conditions and actions first, then specify the values in the
> description. Criteria list view, where the From line contains people, 1 of
> 12.
> 3. Down arrow about 5 times or so until you hear:
> Where the To or Cc line contains people.
> then tap the spacebar to select it.
> - In most cases you can just use Where the To line contains people, but
> mailing lists sometimes have messages come in with the mail list address in
> the Cc line, so this catches messages in that event.
> 4. Tab once and JAWS speaks:
> Actions list view, move it to the specified folder, 1 of 12.
> - Move is generally the one you will use most, so that mail coming in to the
> Inbox is moved into whatever folder you desire.
> 5. Tap the spacebar to select the Move action.
> 6. Tab once and JAWS speaks:
> Rule description (click on an underlined value to edit it).
> - This is a read only edit box listing all the conditions and actions of the
> rule. Don't concern yourself with the order of items in this box since OE
> will handle that for you.
> 7. Tap the up arrow key and JAWS should say:
> Apply this rule after the message arrives. This is good practice to get
> your orientation in this edit box.
> 8. Down arrow one time to hear that you are on the condition, Where the To
> or Cc line contains people, and press the Enter (Return) key to edit the
> value of the condition.
> - This brings up the Select people dialog, and JAWS should start speaking:
> Type one name at a time and click Add. You are in an edit box where you can
> paste the email address you want to watch for. You can also tab around in
> this dialog and access addresses from your Address book.
> 9. Paste or type in the following address (this is the exact address I'm
> using), but do not press Enter (Return):
> Windows@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> 10. Press Alt+a (Alt A) to add it to the addresses for this condition. To
> get to the OK button, I press Shift+Tab twice, it's faster than Tabbing
> forward through a bunch of controls and there is no keyboard shortcut for
> the OK button. You might also be able to just press the Enter key but this
> can be dangerous if you don't know where you are at the time in a dialog.
> - This places you back in the Rule description box.
> 11. Press down arrow a few times until JAWS speaks:
> Move it to the specified folder,
> then press Enter to edit the folder value.
> - This displays a Move dialog where you select the folder to move the
> messages meeting the condition into. This dialog would differ a little
> depending on what action you were editing. The Move dialog has a standard
> Windows tree view that you focus in as soon as you enter the dialog. I'll
> assume you know how to open/close leaves on the tree. Mine also has a New
> folder button but that may be only in XP or 2000, I don't know about 98 and
> can't remember.
> 12. When you find the folder you want just press Enter on it, no need to
> tab to or use the OK button.
> - This places you again back in the Rule description box.
> 13. Tab once and JAWS speaks:
> 4. Name of the Rule:,
> Just begin typing a descriptive name for the rule, I named mine Windows
> Discussion List but you can use whatever you like.
> 14. Press Enter at the end of your Rule name, no need to tab to the OK
> button.
> - This places you back in the Mail Rules dialog, with your rule in the list
> box of rules. There are a lot of buttons in the dialog for changing the
> order in which rules are applied, adding new rules, deleting (removing)
> existing rules, modifying existing rules, etc., and applying the rules to
> existing messages in your Inbox - all of which are beyond the scope of these
> instructions.
> 15. You can press Enter while in the list of mail rules to OK out of the
> Mail Rules dialog or press Shift+Tab twice to get to the OK button.
>
> That's it. Any messages coming in to the Inbox that meet the conditions
> should have the actions applied.
> Take my advice, I don't use it anyway.
>
> Steve
>
>
>
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