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Subject: Re: ANY SHORT CUTS???
From: Kent Dahlgren <kent @ trouble . WV . TEK . COM>
Date: Tue, 2 Apr 1996 21:02:36 -0800 (PST)
To: davey_s @ panynj . gov
Cc: firewalls-digest @ greatcircle . COM
In-reply-to: <009A03FEBD3B5600 . 20600CB1 @ panynj . gov>

Sheesh.  Procmail will do the job.  One catch though, you'll have to do the 
research.

On Tue, 2 Apr 1996 davey_s @
 panynj .
 gov wrote:
> 
> Hello Firewall Digest Owner and fellow Subscribers:
> 
> Does anyone know of a way to make this Firewall Digest (or any public mailing 
> list) forward me only the e-mail that has certain information pertaining to only 
> topics of my interest.  The firewall digest is a joy to read and has a lot of 
> great information; however, I would like to save time and only read the digests 
> that include information about a particular product (i.e., IRX Routers, 
> Crypto-based products), a certain type of firewall (i.e., Firewall-1, RAPTOR), 
> information from / about a certain group (i.e., Computer Emergency Response Team 
> (CERT), HACKERS), or about a certain topic (i.e., IP Spoofing attacks, logic 
> bombs, trojan horses, firewall administration).
> 
> If anyone has / uses such a filter please let me know.  If there is no such 
> thing in existence, it would be a great product / utility for someone to develop 
> either on the digest owners side (while subscribing to a digest, the subscriber 
> has the option to create a "hot" list of words / topics that must (optional) be 
> included in the header and/or body of the document) or on the subscribers side 
> (the Internet e-mail package used or a third party package, has a feature to 
> only except e-mail from a subscription that includes words / topics from the 
> subscribers editable "hot" list).
>  
> 
> PRE-RETURN RESPONSE 1:  
> 
> The find / search function only provides the ability to search a document for 
> (1) topic at a time.  If I have 10 to 20 topics of interest, I would have 
> to repeat the find / search 10 to 20 times.  This does NOT save time.
> 
> 
> PRE-RETURN RESPONSE 2:
> 
> Yes, if there is/are NO existing product(s) that provide this feature and one 
> who reads this message develops one, royalties for this concept/idea would be 
> greatly appreciated; even though  The 'time' such a utility would / will save me 
> and the rest of the Internet e-mail world is immeasurable.
> 
> 
> If you would like to reach me directly, please send e-mail to 
> [ davey_s @
 panynj .
 gov ] or [ davey @
 alpha .
 fdu .
 edu ].  Thank you for your time
> and cooperation in this matter.
> 
> 
> Sincerely,
> 
> 
> Steven A.N.Q.L. Davey
> 
> 
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