Dear Gregg
One thing you could consider is having your computer access the
messages every hour or so?
Digests: Would be nice if:
Most recent at top!
Threaded
Text only (no html or attachments)
Sigh...
Tom
On Monday, July 30, 2001 at 2:51, Gregg Iverson <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote on "Re: [OM] Campfire list (ot)," saying..
> I was recently switched over to the list as my ISP started to block
> messages because of the sheer number received each day. In digest form I
> was receiving three to four each day vs as many as 250 if spam to the list
> is included.
>
> There were several problems with the digest version.
>
> 1 I couldn't keep only the info I was interested in, but had to save the
> whole digest or cut and past into a different file
> 2 Messages are often sent in two formats, include html, have complete
> threads of messages included in the return message, so much scrolling is
> needed to get to new messages
> 3 by the time messages arrive, any time-sensitive messages are too late to
> react to.
> 4 filters cannot be used to sort or delete specific messages, and it is
> impossible to sort by thread, time, or author
>
> So.... I'm back on the regular list. BTW, Eudora says I spend about one
> hour a day on this list. Ever figure out what one hour a day means in
> terms of part of a year taken from the total year? That's about 24 15 hr
> days each year! So to me, this list and each contributing member is
> important (maybe impotent too :-0 )
>
> Gregg
>
>
> >I've never really understood why anyone would choose to receive messages
> >from an active list in digest form. I tried the digest format on a
> >small list that generates only 10 messages or so a day and even that
> >drove me nuts. I like the option to delete or reply to individual
> >messages at will rather than separating them out of a big document. I
> >have separate folders in my Inbox for each list that I participate in
> >and use email filters to direct each incoming mail into the appropriate
> >folder. Makes it very easy to skim through all the messages and delete
> >any topics not of interest for any given list.
> >
> >While the OM list is one big happy family, :-), a couple of other lists
> >I am on each have one or two individuals who are both prolific posters
> >and contentious time wasters. Their emails are filtered directly to
> >trash, something that would not be possible if I were receiving the
> >digest format.
> >
> >Mike Gardner
> >
> >John Pendley wrote:
> > >
> > > > However, it is unfortunate for those of us on the Digest, that
> > > > we cannot filter out like others can who are on the "instant
> > > > response list." >
> > > > Ken N.
>
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