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Date:	Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:07:11 -0800
From:	J R FOX <jr_fox@pacbell.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Filters

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--- Ray davison wrote:

> A more realistic approach is to filter out of the
> inbox the stuff you do
> want. The lists we subscribe to and the people we
> communicate with is
> more finite than the junk. The result is that the
> inbox is mostly junk
> and the filtered files are almost all clean.

Trying to pre-flag (or guess) what ALL the "clean"
ones will be is going to be a sizable job and
something of a pain -- sure to zap some things you did
not really want to zap. Think of whatever products
you've just bought online, auctions you may have just
closed (confirmations, payment receipts),
subscriptions you've renewed, people who haven't
written you in 5 years+ but suddenly do, out of the
blue: all of these things are legitimate contacts,
un-patterned, maybe without precedent, and very easy
to overlook.

Jordan

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