Why don't James and others use filters rather than complain about those of
us who try to adapt the subject lines to match the evolving subject? Every
posting to this list has [ECOLOG-L] in the subject line, and most mail
readers let you put these in a separate folder which only contains postings
to the list (as well as persoanl off-list replies). Since it is rare for
more than one thread to appear on the list at a time, you accomplish almost
the same thing - just remove the job postings and there you are!
I get hundreds of emails every day and I manage several mailing lists as
well as the ones I simply subscribe to, and have rarely seen a need for
using a threaded reader (a fuzzy logic list being the only exception that
comes to mind). And all the filtering is done with that most basic of mail
readers, Outlook Express. Every list goes into its own folder, and following
threads is easy.
Bill Silvert
----- Original Message -----
From: "James Crants" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, August 02, 2009 10:21 PM
Subject: Re: [ECOLOG-L] Listserv posting and email subject line additions
Ecolog
I get at least 50 emails a day, and I'm simply not going to take the time
to
do a search for emails whose subject lines share terms with the ones I'm
interested in...
