If you have NS, it will take you about 90 secs to set up your EMail
to
automatically route all CTS mail to its own site. (This uses NS 4.5
- your
different flavor may have a few minor variations).
First though, we need to create the CTS folder. Go up to the
top tool bar and
click on File, then click on New Folder, then click on Local Mail (it's
probably already there), so that we will create a new folder that is
a
sub-folder of the Local Mail folder. Name the New Folder CTS (or Whoopee,
whatever) which will be created as a subfolder of Local Mail folder.
Exit.
Now, to create the automatic router, follow along:
1 Click on EDIT at the top of your NS EMail window
2 Find Mail Filters near the bottom - click on it.
3 Click on New, then name your filter, such as CTS or CTSfiltr
4 Move down a window, and click on the right side drop down window
5 From the choices, choose Subject, causing the line to read If the
subject of
the message contains [blank window]
6 In the blank window, enter CTS
7 Which will then be followed by then and another window, in which
you select
the choice, Move to Folder, then in the next window, select the folder
that you
created, or any other folder to which you wish the EMails that come
in with CTS
in the subject to be moved.
8 Be sure you mark the filter to be ON
9 Click OK and exit - you are done.
10 There are other options, including more sophisticated ones. You
may also
select to DELETE messages containing the key words (CTS, etc).
You can repeat
this recipe to create other filters; for example if you subscribe to
other
services such as LockerGnome, etc.
Barry
(PS, for completeness, below is the NS Help for Filters)
_________
Creating Message Filters
You can create and maintain message filters so that Messenger automatically
matches criteria you set, including filing messages in a folder when
they
arrive.
To create a filter that handles incoming messages:
1.In the Messenger window, choose Message Filters from the Edit menu.
2.In the Message Filters dialog box, click New.
You see the Filter Rules dialog box, where you enter information necessary
to
define the filter.
To edit a filter:
Select the filter name and click Edit.
To delete a filter:
Select the filter name and click Delete.
To turn a filter on or off:
Click the dot to the right of the filter name to turn it on
(checkmark), or
click the checkmark to turn it off (dot).
To change the order in which filters are applied:
In the filter list, click a filter's name, and click the up
or down arrow to
move it.
To log filter activity, which can help to debug filtering:
Click the checkbox at Log Filter Use.
To display the filter log:
Click View log.
Specifying Settings for Message Filters
Use the Message Filters Rules dialog box to edit or define an action
you want a
filter to perform, and the type of messages to which you want to apply
the
action.
1.Type a name for the filter.
2.Select the "Match" option you want. Use the pop-up menus to choose
filtering
criteria and type a keyword to be used in the search.
3.Click More to add criteria and Fewer to remove them. Then use the
filtering
action you want.
4.Click New Folder to create a new mail folder.
5.Type information about this filter in the Description field.
6.Click Advanced to enter customized header information.
By Barry Wetherington
