Liberty Basic is develeopped by Carl Gundel
Original Newsletter compiled by Alyce Watson and Brosco
Translation to HTML: Raymond Roumeas

  The Liberty Basic Newsletter - Issue #19 - Oct 98

"The only stupid question is the one you don't ask"!


In this issue:

1) Managing your Email

Are you inundated with email? Can't sift through the crap to find the good stuff? That's probably because you haven't sorted out how to manage your incoming mail.

OK - if you are getting this - and don't want it - its SPAM - there is no other word for it. At the bottom of this email is the unsubscribe details. They are EASY! But if you can't follow these simple instructions - PLEASE - just email me at:

mailto:brosc-@orac.net.au

And please - DO email ME. Sending an Unsubscribe request to the group is also SPAM - so please - don't do it! Just contact me - I'll fix it!


***** Please Note: *****

Alyce has tested out the 'Digest' option that's available with the email list. She found that it took several attempts to be able to log in. I don't know what's causing the problem - I have written to the email service providers about it. This also explains why some people have been unable to unsubscribe.

So if you are having troubles unsubscribing - or in trying to change your options - please contact me directly to fix it for you.

Now for the people who do want this:


Managing Your Email

Sorry for the long intro - but having been beaten over the head for trying to help people for FREE - I am now very sensitive about anything that I post. On to the good stuff!!!!

I use an Email reader called Eudora Lite. It is 100% FREE - my favourite price! OK - they have a PRO version that they sell - but the Lite version that I use does every thing that I need to manage the large volume of email that I receive every day. I receive around 100 emails every day. On my busy days - to read more than 10 or 15 is out of the question - so what do I do?

With Eudora - all incoming mail is 'read' and immediately placed in a mailbox of my choice. The selection is simple - it is based on text within:

'sender','reply to', subject, etc.

And this happens AUTOMATICALLY!!!!!

I have several mailboxes. The first that I look at is mail from Alyce, yep - she has her own special mailbox - we work together so much - plus I have so much respect for her - I want to make sure that I don't miss anything that she posts. The next mailbox I look at is 'LBNews' - well having encouraged people to use this, it would be very bad form if I didn't support it. Next is the LB Email list, etc. etc.

The way it works - when ever I log on - my email reader (Eudora) starts up - it downloads all emails from my ISP and places them in the appropriate mailbox. I can view them while I'm online or after I Logoff. I can reply - and if I'm offline at the time - it just sends my response next time that I logon.

While the email is downloading I usually start up my browser - first port of call - The LBNetwork Message Board. So within a few minutes of logging on I gave collected all the postings of all the LBers - and filed them into an appropriate location.

Volume of incoming mail has NEVER caused me a problem. I read the most important stuff - gradually working to the least important - when I run out of time - I just stop reading. The rest is still there for me to read later. And I don't need to log back on to get it - its sitting there waiting for me. And thats another point - Eudora marks very clearly - Unread message, read message, messaged that have been replied to and messages with attachments. The attachments are also stored in a directory of there own. Its all just TOO easy.

BTW - I also have a mailbox that is for LBers. Every message that is sent to me about LB, the sender's email address gets put into the 'filter' so that mail goes to the 'LBers Mailbox'. That places you high in the priority of messages to be read ( Just slightly lower than Alyce and LbNews).

If you need more information on how to set up Eudora for your needs - please contact me directly.

You can download a free copy of Eudora from:

http://www.eudora.com

Its also on many of the CDROMS that you find on the cover of PC magazines.

I would truly recommend this product to anybody.


Newsletter compiled and edited by: Brosco and Alyce.

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