Date:         Tue, 29 Dec 1998 17:30:49 -0800
Reply-To:     Doug Jones <duge4wd@EMAIL.MSN.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@vanagon.com>
From:         Doug Jones <duge4wd@EMAIL.MSN.COM>
Subject:      vanagon e-messages
Comments: To: vanagon@VANAGON.COM

>>>>Ken wrote:
I really liked the way that the temp Vanagon list ...puts the word [Vanagon]
in brackets before each email.  That way I know that the mail is from
the Vanagon list and when I have to delete stuff I don't have to worry
about deleting email from a customer or from a Vanagon owner who
needs help and has emailed me directly asking for it<<<<

If someone out there is using MS Outlook Express, you can prevent mixing up
Vanagon e-mail w/ other mail by using the Inbox Assistant. (found under the
Tools pull down menu). This lets you create separate folders to receive
email, and you designate what mail goes to each folder based on certain
parameters such as the addresses in the To:, From:, Cc:, and even the
subject boxes. You can even block the download of mail with certain
addresses, subj headings and even reject by size(MBs).

Of course, Outlook Express also allows you to view messages off-line. You
can also use it to handle e-mail from several different accounts. I have
helped a Chinese visiting scientist in our lab use Outlook Express to
retrieve his email from China; so, it's possible it may help download e-mail
from many different servers. I am trying to configure mine to also download
my Hotmail account.

I hope this helps some of you. It definitely helped me manage my electronic
mail; I'm a member on three different listserves (Vanagon, Jeep XJ, and
American Society for Microbiology), and I have the mail from each listserve
segregated to a separate folder automatically as it downloads. Really helps
when you're looking for certain messages from specific lists.

DougJ
(I'm not a MS employee, I just like this program)