Re: Don't feed the trolls

Radoslaw Skorupka wrote: >To be honest, I've been using Thunderbird and its predecessors for ~25 >years. In parallel I'm used to be forced to use Outlook as well >(corporation rules). >There are two things I consider *much, much better* in TB when compared >to Outlook: >1. Message filtering. >2. M

Re: Don't feed the trolls

To be honest, I've been using Thunderbird and its predecessors for ~25 years. In parallel I'm used to be forced to use Outlook as well (corporation rules). There are two things I consider *much, much better* in TB when compared to Outlook: 1. Message filtering. 2. Message searching. There are

Re: Don't feed the trolls

On Tue, 7 Jun 2022 09:05:56 -0400, Bob Bridges wrote: >LOLOLOLOL!!! You guys who think you have to bash Microsoft all the time are >hilarious! If you had any knowledge of the profession you supposedly >support, you'd know not to make fools of yourselves by claiming that Gates >deliberately cripp

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LOLOLOLOL!!! You guys who think you have to bash Microsoft all the time are hilarious! If you had any knowledge of the profession you supposedly support, you'd know not to make fools of yourselves by claiming that Gates deliberately crippled his software in order to (Yeah, it's a joke. I ju

Re: Don't feed the trolls

Paul Gilmartin wrote: >>Ah. This list I get digested; the one I was tinkering with uses Sender and >>From, >>where From is the list address. Lots of ways to skin this cat. >That feels wrong: >: > The originator fields indicate th

Re: Don't feed the trolls

On Mon, 6 Jun 2022 19:53:33 -0400, Phil Smith III wrote: >... >Ah. This list I get digested; the one I was tinkering with uses Sender and >From, where From is the list address. Lots of ways to >skin this cat. > That feels wrong: :

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Ed Jaffe wrote: >From: should be what you want. When I look at the mail headers from your >post to which I am responding, I see: Ah. This list I get digested; the one I was tinkering with uses Sender and From, where From is the list address. Lots of ways to skin this cat. My only problem

Re: Don't feed the trolls

post to which I am responding, I see: Sender: IBM Mainframe Discussion List From: Phil Smith III Subject: Re: Don't feed the trolls To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU If I wanted to block you (redirect mail from you to my "Trash" folder) I would filter o

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Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Phil Smith III Sent: Monday, 2022 June-06 07:45 To:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Don't feed the trolls WARNING: This email originated outside of Vanguard. DO NOT CLICK links or attachments unless you recognize the sender and know the content

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Outlook's junk filtering has "block sender", but I just did some experimenting with list postings (another list) and it didn't block Senders, just From. Microsoft has a history of not understanding the Sender/Reply-To/From hierarchy. ---

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: Sunday, June 5, 2022 11:38 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Don't feed the trolls On 6/5/2022 6:07 AM, Bob Bridges wrote: > Anyway I'm told that for those who prefer some more thorough response, > there's a sort of BLOCK command that's easy enough to implement.

Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Don't feed the trolls

n Behalf Of Bob Bridges Sent: Sunday, June 5, 2022 2:26 PM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: Don't feed the trolls Hm, I have Outlook set up so emails that come from IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU are routed automatically to the IBM-MAIN folder. I'm not sure, therefore,

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An antiphon, yes. But it's my perception that one is a happy troll and the other is not so much a troll as one who simply cannot resist one-upping. I've been like that, in my quarrelsome youth. Some would say I've not changed as much as I like to think. --- Bob Bridges, robhbrid...@gmail.com

Re: Don't feed the trolls

: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Re: Don't feed the trolls On Sun, 5 Jun 2022 19:32:59 +, Gibney, Dave wrote: >There is an order that Outlook processes rules. So, put >rule before the IBM-MaAIN rule. > Unless the troll is so determined as to change his name periodically. Is there only

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On Sun, 5 Jun 2022 19:32:59 +, Gibney, Dave wrote: >There is an order that Outlook processes rules. So, put >rule before the IBM-MaAIN rule. > Unless the troll is so determined as to change his name periodically. Is there only one troll? I believe I hear an antiphon betwixt two. >> -O

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There is an order that Outlook processes rules. So, put rule before the IBM-MaAIN rule. > -Original Message- > From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On > Behalf Of Bob Bridges > Sent: Sunday, June 05, 2022 12:26 PM > To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU > Subject: Re: Don

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Hm, I have Outlook set up so emails that come from IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU are routed automatically to the IBM-MAIN folder. I'm not sure, therefore, that the normal rules I can set up will recognize emails from . Although I imagine I could write a VBA function that'll do it, but that requires

Re: Don't feed the trolls

On 6/5/2022 6:07 AM, Bob Bridges wrote: Anyway I'm told that for those who prefer some more thorough response, there's a sort of BLOCK command that's easy enough to implement. Not a "block" per se, but any desktop mail client can be configured with mail filters to direct a message from your I

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ally have to re-live this conversation each time; can the relevant person not be dropped from the list? --- Original Message --- On Sunday, June 5th, 2022 at 8:35 AM, Charles Mills wrote: Don't feed the trolls -- Fo

Re: Don't feed the trolls

Yes.. do we really have to re-live this conversation each time; can the relevant person not be dropped from the list? - KB --- Original Message --- On Sunday, June 5th, 2022 at 8:35 AM, Charles Mills wrote: > -- > For

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. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU] On Behalf Of Tom Marchant Sent: Monday, September 25, 2017 9:21 AM To: IBM-MAIN@LISTSERV.UA.EDU Subject: Please don't feed the trolls When we reply to people who come back repeatedly to disturb the list

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