Jon and Rue Kream

Eileen - I forwarded your question to Jon, and here's what he sent me. Good
luck ~Rue~

-----Original Message-----
From: Kream, Jon [mailto:jon.kream@...]
Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2001 8:24 AM
To: 'skreams@...'
Subject: RE: [Unschooling-dotcom] virus


Creating Message Filters

You can create and maintain message
filters so that Messenger automatically
matches criteria you set, including filing
messages in a folder when they arrive.

To create a filter that handles incoming
messages:

1.In the Messenger window, choose
Message Filters from the Edit menu.

2.In the Message Filters dialog box, click
New.

You see the Filter Rules dialog box,
where you enter information necessary
to define the filter.

To edit a filter:

Select the filter name and click Edit.

To delete a filter:

Select the filter name and click Delete.

To turn a filter on or off:

Click the dot to the right of the filter name
to turn it on (checkmark), or click the
checkmark to turn it off (dot).

To change the order in which filters are
applied:

In the filter list, click a filter's name, and
click the up or down arrow to move it.

To log filter activity, which can help to debug
filtering:

Click the checkbox at Log Filter Use.

To display the filter log:

Click View log.
Creating Message Filters

You can create and maintain message
filters so that Messenger automatically
matches criteria you set, including filing
messages in a folder when they arrive.

To create a filter that handles incoming
messages:

1.In the Messenger window, choose
Message Filters from the Edit menu.

2.In the Message Filters dialog box, click
New.

You see the Filter Rules dialog box,
where you enter information necessary
to define the filter.

To edit a filter:

Select the filter name and click Edit.

To delete a filter:

Select the filter name and click Delete.

To turn a filter on or off:

Click the dot to the right of the filter name
to turn it on (checkmark), or click the
checkmark to turn it off (dot).

To change the order in which filters are
applied:

In the filter list, click a filter's name, and
click the up or down arrow to move it.

To log filter activity, which can help to debug
filtering:

Click the checkbox at Log Filter Use.

To display the filter log:

Click View log.
Best I can do on short notice, comes from Netscape help, I looked in the
index under filter

Specifying Settings for Message
Filters

Use the Message Filters Rules dialog box
to edit or define an action you want a filter to
perform, and the type of messages to which
you want to apply the action.

1.Type a name for the filter.

2.Select the "Match" option you want. Use
the pop-up menus to choose filtering
criteria and type a keyword to be used in
the search.

3.Click More to add criteria and Fewer to
remove them. Then use the filtering action
you want.

4.Click New Folder to create a new mail
folder.

5.Type information about this filter in the
Description field.

6.Click Advanced to enter customized
header information.


Specifying Settings for Message
Filters

Use the Message Filters Rules dialog box
to edit or define an action you want a filter to
perform, and the type of messages to which
you want to apply the action.

1.Type a name for the filter.

2.Select the "Match" option you want. Use
the pop-up menus to choose filtering
criteria and type a keyword to be used in
the search.

3.Click More to add criteria and Fewer to
remove them. Then use the filtering action
you want.

4.Click New Folder to create a new mail
folder.

5.Type information about this filter in the
Description field.

6.Click Advanced to enter customized
header information.

-----Original Message-----
From: Jon and Rue Kream [mailto:skreams@...]
Sent: Tuesday, April 24, 2001 7:35 AM
To: jokream@...
Subject: FW: [Unschooling-dotcom] virus


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-----Original Message-----
From: Eileen M. [mailto:ravensegg@...]
Sent: Monday, April 23, 2001 10:07 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Unschooling-dotcom] virus


How about with Netscape? I am, indeed, getting
millions of these, and my 'delete' finger is getting
tired! ;)



--- Jon and Rue Kream <skreams@...> wrote:
> If you are getting a million messages carrying the
> virus and you have
> microsoft outlook as your mail client, do this:
> tools
> rules wizard
> new
> apply this rule to new mail as it arrives
> to mail with specific words in the body
> click on specific words
> enter Take a look to the attachment
> add new
> continue
> check off deleted
> skip any exceptions
> finish
>
> This will delete the messages that carry the virus
> without you having to
> read them at all.
>
> (so says Jon, husband, computer geek extraordinaire
> :))
>
> ~Rue~
>
>


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Eileen M.

I think they fixed this particular problem 'at the
source' per se... I haven't gotten any posts from Ms.
Davis since the lovely moderators of the list
apparantly had her blocked. But I am going to keep
this post in my folders, in case this happens again.

Thanks!


--- Jon and Rue Kream <skreams@...> wrote:
> Eileen - I forwarded your question to Jon, and
> here's what he sent me. Good
> luck ~Rue~
>

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