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2005-08-27 by btvarner

If you have Microsoft Outlook you may do the following:
With Outlook open, from the menu choose "Tools" & then
"Rules Wizard" 
& click "New",

Ensure that "Start creating a rule from a template" is
selected,

Highlight "Move new message from someone" & click
"next",

Under "Which condition(s) do you want to check?" make sure
"with 
specific words in the message header" is selected,

In the lower window on this same screen click on "specific
words" in 
the sentence stating "Apply this rule after the message arrives
with 
specific words in the message header move it to the specified
folder",

Type in "Paul Aparycki" & click add,

Type in tawow@... & click add, then click "OK",

In the same lower window as before click on "specified" in
the 
sentence stating "Apply this rule after the message arrives with 
specific words in the message header move it to the specified
folder",

Choose the "Deleted Items" folder & click "OK", then
click "Next",

Click Next through two more windows, then click "Finish"

You should now have an active rule that will automatically place into 
the deleted items folder any messages coming from this person either 
directly or through the list.  One less asshole in the world to deal 
with.  Please note that I did not say bad photographer, I said 
asshole.

Problem solved!

As an extra bonus you can create a rule to deal with threads that you 
do not want to weed through any longer.  Just copy the subject line 
into the rule and like magic, those emails also get deleted without 
getting your blood pressure up.  If you have different email software 
you might try looking in help under "Email Rules" & see if
this might 
be possible in your tool.

This really is related to Digital B&W Prints, really!!!  I subscribe 
to this list for information on this subject.   Threads get off on 
tirades that are hard to avoid.  My blood pressure goes up.  I go 
yell at my neighbors dog.  I am so upset I cannot capture images with 
my pinhole, brownie, 35mm, 6x6, 4x5, 8x10, DLSR cameras………….or
to 
make prints.

With this approach, ahhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!

This has been a public service announcement.  You may now resume your 
regularly scheduled threads.

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