Originally Posted by
Landing Gear
I have resisted getting a Blackberry until now but I am beginning to see certain advantages.
My problem is that I sometimes get as many as 300 e-mails a day. There is absolutely no need for most of these to be sent to a handheld receiver. I wouldn't want my Blackberry ringing every two minutes.
Is there any way to set up your Blackberry so that only certain messages get through to you while still maintaining your usual e-mail address?
If it matters, my cellular carrier is Verizon which is also my ISP.
Yes, using filters.
You can filter on sender, subject, keyword etc.
I have a filter that is set to not send messages with "FW:" in the subject line. So all the stupid jokes and chain letters that people forward don't get sent to my blackberry.
Note that filters just filter what is sent to the your blackberry. The original email is still in your inbox and readable from your computer.