Fwd: Losing messages on the Maxima mailing list

I'm forwarding this message on behalf of George Leeman.
Hope this helps, Robert Dodier.

---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: George Leeman <george.leeman at sbcglobal.net>
Date: Tue, Feb 26, 2008 at 5:48 AM
Subject: Losing messages on the Maxima mailing list
To: robert.dodier at gmail.com


   This note is not about the Maxima system but rather about a problem which
 can cause a user to miss many of the messages in the Maxima mailing list.
 The note may be of interest to users who: (1) like to read the Maxima
 messages as part of their e-mail, instead of viewing the archives from a
 browser; (2) use a mail application instead of accessing their Internet
 Service Provider directly via a browser.  For example, my ISP is AT&T Yahoo
 (whose server maintains folders such as Inbox, Spam, etc.), but I send and
 receive mail on a desktop via Microsoft Outlook.  When Outlook issues a
 Receive command, for example, the AT&T Yahoo server sends all message
 currently in its Inbox to Outlook's Inbox.
   Recently I discovered that in 2008 the ISP put 125 Maxima messages in its
 Spam folder, which Outlook would never see; 425 other Maxima messages went
 into its Inbox, which I received through Outlook.
   Readers using mail applications should check if they are victims of
 similar behavior.  The simplest fix is to access the ISP's mail server
 directly and create a filter defining a rule which guarantees that all
 Maxima mail reaches the ISP's Inbox.  The criterion I used is that the
 message's subject line should contain '[Maxima]', which solves the problem.
   Details for creating filters are probably similar for various ISPs.
 Steps for AT&T Yahoo appear below.
 George Leeman

 CREATING A MAXIMA FILTER in AT&T YAHOO:
 In Yahoo Mail: Options -> Mail Options -> Filters -> Create or edit filters
 -> Add -> Filter Name: maxima -> Subject contains: [Maxima] -> Check the
 Match Case box -> Move the message to: Inbox -> Add Filter.