+Bob+ said:
I have quite a few email accounts to send and receive - but there are
a couple that are used only on demand and I don't want to pull the
mail from them regularly.
In Outlook Express, there's an "include this account when sending and
receiving all". Is there something similar or a work around in Outlook
2002?
Thanks,
<rant title="To Lambaste a User of the X-No-Archive Header">
Only posted to those who reply to me using the X-No-Archive header. To
deliberately thwart the no-archive request, the original post may be
shown above, including its headers. Alas, you really don't want an
answer because you don't even want your original post to stick around
beyond a week, or possibly shorter. Your post was already expired (set
by the archiver, not by you) and eligible for removal from *my* local
archive to honor your X-No-Archive request.
- It reduces the number of users that will see your post. This is
Usenet which doesn't command the immediacy of a prattling venue, like
some chat room where you won't see responses when you exit a session.
Potential respondents won't see your post after 6 days, or however long
is the no-archive expiration which could be shorter.
- It reduces the value of the thread to other users because the thread
gets punched full of "holes" from posters that use this header.
Responses that are archived may only have a partial quoting of a prior
no-archived post plus all headers are lost from the original post. This
header corrupts the flow of the discussion. The discussion becomes
incomplete due to all the greedy bastards that don't want to share what
they've said.
- What boob self-censors their own posts by asking that they vaporize
before a week has elapsed?
- Spammers, trolls, flamers, cowards, liars, nymshifters, and
malcontents use this header to hide their history (which answers the
previous question as to who uses this header). They don't want anyone
to know just how long and how often they've been around. Is this the
group of users to whom you wish to affiliate yourself?
- Because of the user types that use this no-archive header (boobs,
newbies, greedy posters not willing to share the discussion, spammers,
trolls, cowards), some users will filter out your post. They may either
delete any no-archive posts (as YOU requested) or weight them as spam or
"bad" posts which can reduce the number of potential respondents to your
post. One of those respondents might have had the answer you were
looking for but you chose to hide your post before they visited the
group. They don't see your post so they don't respond. Maybe they
would have been the only one willing to respond. Maybe they would have
been the only one with the expertise to help you. You don't know. To
you, it looks like no one bothered to answer your post when, in fact,
you chose to hide it from them or affiliate yourself with a type of
poster that the respondent filters out.
- You inflame other users by trying to steal away the help that you
received. You want to get help but are unwilling to share it with
others that may later encounter the same or similar problem. They
cannot find your prior post. If respondents were similarly inclined and
also used the X-No-Archive header then the entire thread disappears. If
you don't want anyone to see your post or do not want to keep the thread
intact then don't post. Usenet is for SHARING.
- The use of this header is anti-social and outright rude. It is
employed by cowards.
- You don't consider your post important enough to have it archived.
Likewise, why would anyone participate or help you on a post that you
have deemed valueless?
- While you might consider your post to be valueless or you are just
being greedy in trying not to share with anyone else at a later time,
the archived threads are used to discover existing solutions or just to
see if the topic has been previously discussed. If you don't want your
posts to echo through eternity, speak into a well insulated empty soup
can so no one else can hear you. If you want to keep it to yourself, do
it upfront by not posting.
- Only boobs or newbies believe that this header will prevent their post
from getting archived. There are many forums that use a gateway to
Usenet so your post will get archived there (and may remain archived for
years). It isn't just Google Groups where your post will get archived.
Also, the retention interval of NNTP hosts (of which the vast majority
will not honor the X-No-Archive header) will far outstrip the 6-day
no-archive expiration at Google Groups. The use of this header makes
you look stupid.
- "regular newsgroup participants were concerned about privacy rights"
(
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-No-Archive). Privacy is your
responsibility. Don't use your true e-mail address in your posts if you
don't want it abused. Munge it, require a passcode in the Subject to
bypass an auto-delete filter (as proof that a human used it) that you
mention in your signature (because spambots can't read instructions), or
use a bogus one (but one in which the domain is not registered, or use
..invalid as the top-level domain, as in
[email protected]). Google
carried on a tradition that Deja News employed at the behest of some
frightened users in an environment that is not the same today; however,
not all traditions are sensible when established or remain applicable
over time, especially when based on a trust model.
- You requested your post be deleted from any archive that honors the
X-No-Archive header. Anyone that honors your request chooses their own
expiration interval. You don't get to specify WHEN the no-archive
request is honored. For the vast number of NNTP server, this header is
NOT honored (i.e., it is ignored). For Google Groups, deletion is after
6 days. For me, the deletion is immediate upon recognition or
immediately after responding, whichever is later. Hey, you are the one
that requested your post be automatically deleted, you are the one that
considers your post of no value beyond someone else's configured
expiration interval, you are the one that doesn't want anyone to see
your prior posts, and you are the one that wants to **** up the
continuity of past threads in which you momentarily participated. Your
wish has been granted: your post is no longer archived by me and it's
just like it never existed. Poof, gone, you were never here.
</rant>
Tools -> Send and Receive Settings -> Define Send/Receive Groups
Select the group under which the account is defined.
Edit it.
Pick the account from the icon list on the left.
Disable that account from inclusion in the scheduled mail polls.
From then on, you will have to use the Tools -> Send and Receive menu to
select the disabled accounts to poll them.
