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RE: Dealing with List Volume / Survey - LISTOWNER COMMENTS



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> From: 	Wyn Achenbaum[SMTP:wyn@ibm.net]
> Sent: 	Sunday, July 19, 1998 6:27 AM
> To: 	seeds-list@eskimo.com
> Subject: 	Dealing with List Volume / Survey
> 
> Friends,
> 
> 
> Donna, I'm sorry if you find responses from multiple members difficult
> to deal
> with.  Remember we are all gardeners with different conditions and
> different
> levels of experience, and different amounts of time to read our mail.
> But many
> have useful information and questions to contribute, and asking a
> listowner to
> filter that mail would hold up the process and require a great deal of
> his time.
> 
> I hope this helps.  I'd be interested in hearing others' strategies
> for dealing
> with list e-mail.  If you can point me to websites with suggestions,
> please do.
> (Send these privately, and I'll compile them and send them back to
> anyone who is
> interested.)
> 
> > Duncan,
> > I asked to be removed from the perennials list because so many
> people were
> > commenting on the same question.  Over and over and over.  I don't
> know what
> > to suggest to you.  It's not the format.  Is it possible to edit the
> replies,
> > or would that be considered against someones 4th amendment rights or
> whatever.
> > Donna Adams in Detroit.
> 
> 
My comments.  I will not monitor the list.  The work involve to monitor
a list is way to much.  This is what I do for owning four mailing list.

First:  I belong to the digest format for all my mailing list. The
process to subscribe is defined on the Seeds-list URL.

Second: I delete all my digest mail when it comes in.

Third:  I view all my garden mailing email on the Mallorn Garden Mailing
list archives
http://www.mallorn.com/lists

Fourth: I go to the month of interest and read all the threads via the
homepage.

Five: If I want to reply to a post, I select the active mailing list
link (ex seeds-list@eskmo.com) and a window pops up.
Next, I press the quote button on my mailing list program. You should
see the whole message from that page appear on your email editing window
in addition to other stuff.  Remove the extra material and then compose
your reply.

Six.. send the note back to the mailing list.

Yes there are alot of post which do repeat themselves, but that is the
normal life of a mailing list.  If you want to see if a certain subject
has been discussed, use the mailing list search engine.
http://www.mallorn.com/lists/seeds-list/search.cgi

These tools were created to make your life a little bit easier.

I hope this helps.

Dunk
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