Here’s a feature I’d like in a mail client: Wait for Message (WFM).

Sometimes I’m expecting a message from someone that I want to make sure doesn’t get washed down the spam drain. So, I’d like to specify an address or keywords and have my mail client notify me when it arrives. After I acknowledge receipt of the message, by default it removes the search string from the WFM list. This is like a white list that plays favorites.

I tried building this in VBA for Outlook but succeeded only in creating a time-space loop that dims lights all across our neighborhood, although it actually shouldn’t be very hard to do. (It obviously gets more complex for those who use server-based spam filters.) Do any XP clients currently do this?

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