> 4/1 MacWeek says that Eudora Pro 3.0 will still only have two filters
> with which to filter messages. I will be a little disappointed if the
> filtering capability is not significantly different than in 2.1.x.
> cc:Mail allows far more filters than just two!! I'd like to be able to
> filter messages based on more than two users. I'd like to be able to
> filter messages based on date and time. I'd like to be able to filter
> mail than contains fonts or certain text.
> The article states that you can do a lot more once you've filtered the
> message but none of the options mentioned seemed all that compelling
> (play a sound? open a dialog box??).
Did you read the same article I did? You can have more than two filters.
Filters in 3.0 will be limited, as they are in the current Eudora Pro to
looking at two different items in the same filter (i.e. I could filter
mail from Bob that has the subject "test" to the Trash, but will be unable
to filter messages from Bob that has the subect "test" and was sent before
6am). However, I can set up as many filters as I want.
Play a sound? Open a dialog box? They gave a list of about TEN things you
can do on filtered messages (including redirecting them, one of the most
frequently desired feature in Eudora Pro) and you simply pick those two?
You can also preform up to five actions based on the filter.
I could filter a message from Bob with the subject "test" and
1. Play a sound to tell me
2. Print the message to give to the FBI
3. Redirect it back to Bob to fill his mailbox with useless junk
4. Send a prepared reply to the message asking him to stop.
AND
5. Transfer the emssage to the Trash.
I can do that for every person I know. What else do you want Eudora to do?
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Hank Zimmerman
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