Filter Files

 

File filtering is used to remove email addresses from a list that have/lack a certain group of keywords.  This is a specialized facet of cleaning that is not often required by most people, and because it is a slow process, the number of allowable keywords has been limited based on the amount of RAM you have on the computer your running Listease PRO on.  For processing a list of removals or exact matches, the Clean List function should be used.  Only partial phrases or keywords should be used with this function.

Example : You are unsure of the current state of a list you have just extracted, and want to make sure there are no government organization email addresses in your list.  Use the Filter Files function, specifying the keywords ' .gov ' and ' .mil '.  Set the filter type to ' Exclude ' .  Any email address in the list that has either of those keywords in the address will be removed.

Example : You just extracted a list of email addresses for online casinos and know almost anyone in the industry worth their salt has the word  ' Casino ' in their email address.  Use the Filter Files function, specifying the keyword ' Casino '.  Set the filter type to ' Include ' .  Only those entries with the word  ' Casino ' will be kept.

Using Filter List :

  1. Click the ' Browse... ' button next to the input file path to open a standard open-file-window.
  2. Select the files you wish to filter.  Select multiple files by holding down the control key while clicking.  Please note that if you specify more than one file, the files will be merged before being filtered and the output file will be the result of the filtering on this merged file.  Click the OK button when finished.
  3. Select a folder to save the output file in and specify a file name.  Click the OK button when finished.
  4. Select the kind of filtering you wish to perform. ( Include or Exclude )
  5. Select how your keywords will be read. ( From a File or Live User Defined )  If you want to read a keyword list from a file, ' Browse.. ' to the file you wish to use.  Otherwise, enter keywords ( one per line ) into the edit box that will be provided.
  6. Click the Apply Settings button to complete the setup of this job.  Any missing items will be detailed in the text box at the bottom of the window.

 

Other Options :

Example : You know AOL member can only get text email.  Your HTML advertisement may not reach them in a readable format for this reason, so you will send a seperate text version to AOL members.  In order to get a seperate list of AOL email addresses only, use the Filter Files function, specifying the keyword ' .aol '.  Set the filter type to ' Exclude ' .  Any email address in the list that has that keyword in the address will be removed, and placed in a " Removal File " you specify, effectively straining the AOL addresses from your list for later use.