27th June 2002
Lockergnomie Zachery Wolfinger has a great idea for Outlook & Outlook Express users who subscribe to discussions: "The large amount of traffic generated by interactive e-mail lists can be quite cumbersome. First, create a new (separate) folder to store the mail from each list; give it a meaningful name. Set up a rule for the messages to be placed in this location to keep your Inbox clutter-free. We can go one step further by grouping the messages by conversation. This makes it much easier to follow a thread of messages and quickly see when a new message has been added to a particular conversation. In Outlook, go to the folder that contains your discussion list messages. Go to the View menu and choose Current View. Choose Customize Current View. Click on Group By, then select Under Group Items by choose Conversation. Click the OK button (twice). In Outlook Express, go to the appropriate folder, click on the View menu, and choose Current View. Then, choose Group messages by conversation. Clicking on the plus or minus symbol in the conversation header will respectively expand or collapse the group." It's the talk of the town. Or at least, the network neighborhood.