> Sometimes people just have to respond, and respond again when the urge is > there. Just as in any conversation if you wait too long to give voice to > your thoughts....well the urge passes and something else grabs your > attention. The worst case is that people worry that they are posting too > often and soon the conversation becomes too polite and dries up. So let's > let the good times roll. If you find yourself flooded with emails, just > store them for a quiet day or delete them.
Well, in a way you make my point. Our conversation consists of *several* high-volume conversations going on all at once and it's difficult to pay attention. But I take your point - and Keith's - that any attempt to subdue raises the danger of smothering. If spontaneity is the life of the list - and I can see that it might well be so - then yes indeed leave it be & let it roll. > I believe you can receive the emails in digest form so they all come > contained in one email that you can pick and choose from. > > I will check on this option. Oh no, digest would be MUCH WORSE. You'd get a 2MB file with all contributions strung together (including all the attachments of 3+ previous contributions) and you'd face an immediate and daunting problem of sorting. It becomes much *more* difficult to focus on a particular thread or to respond to it. OK. As you were ... best wishes, Stephen Straker _______________________________________________ Futurework mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://scribe.uwaterloo.ca/mailman/listinfo/futurework
