In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 01/22/03 at 02:25 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
|>How often and how long (at a time) do you read the list? |>Maybe I can impose some personal method on this madness. In my world this is a moderate activity list. I get to the list mail and news groups I follow 2-3 times a day and how much time I spend varies. I am fairly free with the mass delete on threads that have strayed or are not of interest. oddly enough I almost always check in on the OT threads as those are the ones that really bring the communities into focus. I think that i scan about 60% of everything that comes in read about half of that and delete the rest on the basis of the subject line or past experience. everything that comes to me by email is filtered into a sub folder of some sort so if i take a day or week off of list mail I do not miss my personal email in a mass and when I get to the lists folders it is quick and easy to sort through the sorted topics. It would probibly be more efficient if I were to read lists every few days. I always read through the whole collection before i do replies as it some times saves being the 32nd to say yes that can work and also gives me time to not send off flames or silliness that should either not be sent or should be sent private email. (some times it gives me time to hone an insult rather than typing Oh yah?) I think having list filtered into their own folders and the messages sorted by topic saves a pile of effort. Bran -- ----------------------------------------------------------- Computers, like cats, can operate crossdimensionally; the trick is in getting them to do what you want. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -----------------------------------------------------------
