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Date:	Tue, 10 Feb 2004 19:55:43 PST8
From:	Ray Davison <raydav@charter.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: For Peter: Isn't this hopelessly out of date ?

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Peter:

Have you ever actually used Mozilla mail? It does all that stuff. It
is VERY capable.

Ray

Peter Skye wrote:
>
> J. R. Fox wrote:
>
>>Hi Peter,
>>
>>You keep mentioning that you still run NS 2.02
>>-- as your main browser (?), or just for mail ?
>
>
> Just for email. My browser is Mozilla.
>
> Netscape 2.02 allows you to sort by threads rather than dates, which is
> very handy and which is something that Polarbar, MR/2 and PM Mail can't
> do (afaik). This is the _only_ reason I didn't switch to any of these
> more-capable mail programs.
>
> Netscape's filtering isn't very strong but it does most of what I need.
> I filter mail lists on Reply-To or X-BeenThere, then I filter out my
> junk mail courtesy of Junk Spy, then finally I filter out my own domains
> (such as @peterskye.com) which leaves "everything else" in the Inbox.
>
> My other filtering trick is to put a two-digit number in front of each
> folder name. Since the folders are displayed in sequence, my "most
> important" folders are at the top of the list. For example:
>
> 00-Inbox-Personal
> 01-Inbox-Family
> 02-Inbox-Friends
> 05-Inbox-Financial
> 07-Inbox-Legal
> 08-Inbox-SCOUG
> ...
> 90-Inbox-JunkMail
> etc.
>
> I don't know if Mozilla/Thunderbird has more robust filtering than
> Netscape 2.02 and I don't know if they allow sorting by thread instead
> of date the way that Netscape 2.02 does. Some day somebody will tell me
> and then I'll know if I can switch to one of them.
>

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