Great advice, Tim.  Here is some additional advice:

1. DEFINITELY use a separate folder for anything from
vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com Just set up a rule using the "From:" field..
2. Group e-mails by message thread.  This allows you to delete ENTIRE
threads that go on and on for days about religion, guns, illegal aliens,
etc. with a single click (and keep them from cluttering up otherwise useful
threads).  Makes the list of conversation topic MUCH easier to follow and
manage as well.

If you use Outlook Express 6.x, just go to View-->Current View-->Group
Messages by Conversation
If you use Outlook 2000,  View-->Current View-->By Conversation Topic

You can also set up rules to automatically delete e-mail from specific
people, with atachments, etc.

Brent
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tim Hurlbut" <timothy@VERIO.NET>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Wednesday, May 29, 2002 9:19 AM
Subject: Tips on filtering email

> FWIW
>
> Tip 1)
> With all the discussion regarding email these days, a possible solution
> for handling Vanagon email is to setup email filters on your email
> program.  You can filter by subject (very handy), by sender (it saves you
> from accidentally reading their offensive email), or simply to put all
> Vanagon email into a separate folder and read it later.  Go to your email
> programs Help menu and search on filter.
>
> Tip 2)
> Once you send all your email to a "Vanagon" folder, you can sort the mail
> by subject in that folder and read (or delete) all the email associated
> with a single subject.  This is handy and saves frustration that many of
> us are having right now with all the non-Vanagon related email.
>
> Tip 3)
>
> Your email has a better chance of being read if it is short.  Keep it
> short.
>
> Peace.
>
> Tim Hurlbut
> 87 Vanagon
> 90 Vanagon GL
>