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LazyWeb: Incoming mail with > n "To:" recipients?
Merlin Mann | Jun 5 2006
Related to "Thanks. No." and email filtering, I wonder how hard it would be for Mail.app, etc. to have a rule by which messages with more than n recipients in the "To:" line could be flagged for (depending on your preferences and courage) filtering, auto-archiving, or deletion. Maybe via AppleScript? I've heard from several friends who filter all non-work email for which they aren't the exclusive "To:" recipient, but it would be handy to have some flexibility in what your own magic number is -- plus of course what you'd then do with emails that exceed your limit would be up to you. But in an edge case, for example, if I get an email that went to [>=90 TO: recipients] and [<=25%] of the recipients were in my Address Book, the message would be flagged as "possible friend spam." (And, yes, I was once on a "Hey, this is funny" list that went to 96 people multiple times each day. Good times.) So, any thoughts? Bonus points if it's a rule that's easy for non-geeks to recreate in GUI apps like Mail.app, Entourage, and Outlook, etc. Comments open for brainstorming. (In related news, as I mentioned on MM.com, I'll soon be opening a thread on the Board to take suggestions on improving Thanks. No., so keep your powder dry on that one.) 16 Comments
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We use an Outbound Barracuda...Submitted by Tony Dye (not verified) on June 7, 2006 - 11:19am.
We use an Outbound Barracuda and have implemented a rule that will BLOCK any attempt to send out a message that has more than n (we're still playing with the number, but around 10) addresses in either the TO or the CC line. We can't control what other people do, but at least we can prevent ourselves from adding to the problem. » POSTED IN:
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