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Re: list freezes

From:Philip Newton <philip.newton@...>
Date:Tuesday, January 15, 2002, 20:08
On 15 Jan 02, at 21:44, andrew wrote:

> I recently returned to this list after a hiatus of five months. When > the list unfroze this morning NZT, I got a glut of messages, burying > everything else in my inbox, including messages that demanded my > attention.
Which is perhaps why subscribers to the list end up learning about the filtering capabilities of their mail software, or procmail, or something like that :) I can recommend it. My mailer (Pegasus) automatically filters all Conlag mail into its own folder so it doesn't clutter up my inbox; I can ignore the group for a couple of days and it doesn't affect my other mails. I think on Unix such things are usually done by procmail rather than from within the mailer itself (you appear to be using Mutt).
> After effectively one day back, I am seriously considering > taking the NOMAIL option.
procmail is your friend :) Cheers, Philip -- Philip Newton <Philip.Newton@...>