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Verizon DELETED our Yahoo group in December 2020.
If you have your email address subscribed to this Group, we recommend you create what is commonly called a “Mail Filter” (aka “Mail Rule“).
Q: How Do I Benefit From A Mail Filter?
ANSWER:
- This “Mail Filter” will AUTOMATICALLY sort these [ScrantonDance]
messages into a designated mailbox — please see the last image on this
page, titled Image 4 – Mailbox Containing Messages From [Scrantondance] Yahoo Group. - This will prevent CLUTTERING of your inbox.
- An additional benefit, is that if you want to refer to a previous
message, you can more efficiently go back and search through PREVIOUS
messages — since all the dance messages are grouped TOGETHER in the
SAME mailbox.
Q: How Does A Mail Filter Work?
ANSWER:
- You first create an email folder named [ScrantonDance] or similar (use whatever name you prefer).
- The “Mail Filter” looks for some criteria — in this case it looks
for any email containing “[ScrantonDance] in the subject link. - When it finds such an email, it then “performs an action”. In this
case we set it up to move those emails to an email folder named
[ScrantonDance] that we have created.
Q: How Do I Set Up A Mail Filter:
ANSWER:
- You first create an email MAILBOX named [ScrantonDance] or similar (you
can use whatever name you prefer). You will configure the “Mail Filter”
to automatically move messages to this mailbox. - ~~~~~~
- The actual “filter-creation” step varies from one email program to another, but almost ALL email programs support Mail Filters.
- You can Google phrases similar to “How to I create a mail filter in {your application name}“.
- For example, Google phrases similar to “How to I create a mail filter in Apple Mail” or “How to I create a mail filter in Gmail” — using the name of the mail application that you are using.
- Following below are examples for Apple Mail and for Gmail.
Example 1 – Mail Filter for Apple Mail:
Image 1 -Apple Mail
- Step 0: Create a mail folder named [ScrantonDance] or something similar.
- Step 0b: Use the menus ‘Mail’ –> ‘Preferences’ then select the ‘Rules’ tab (this worked as of Dec 2015).
- Step 1 (see above image): Name the filter [ScrantonDance] or something similar.
- Step 2 (see above image): Configure the filter to looks for incoming emails with subject “[ScrantonDance]”. (The [ScrantonDance] is the “subject tag” that the Yahoo group will add to every message it sends.)
- Step 3 (see above image):Configure the filter to automatically move all emails that meet the criteria, into the mail folder named [ScrantonDance] (or however you named that folder).
- Please Google a phrase similar to “How to I create a mail filter in Apple Mail” for a more detailed explanation.
Example 2 – Mail Filter for Gmail:
Image 2 – Gmail
- Step 0: Create a mail label named [ScrantonDance] or something similar. (Google calls it a “label” instead of a mailbox, but it works similarly.)
- Step
0b: Select ‘Settings’ from the “gear pulldown menu” at right, then click
the link ‘Filters and Blocked Addresses’, then click the link ‘Create a
new filter’ (this worked as of Dec 2015). - Step 1 (see above image): Name the filter (label) [ScrantonDance] or something similar when Gmail asks you for the name.
- Step 2 (see above image): Configure the filter to looks for incoming emails with subject “[ScrantonDance]”. (The [ScrantonDance] is the “subject tag” that the Yahoo group will add to every message it sends.)
Image 3 – Gmail
- Step 3 (see
above image):Configure the filter to automatically move all emails that
meet the criteria, into the mail folder (apply the label) named [ScrantonDance] (or however you named that folder/label).
- Please Google a phrase similar to “How to I create a mail filter in Gmail” for more detailed explanation.
Image 4 – Mailbox Containing Messages From [ScrantonDance] Yahoo Group
