Carlos C. Gonzalez wrote: > I am new to this list and to lists in general and I am wondering how > to work with thiis list so that I only follow those threads that > either I can reasonably help on or that I am interested in? > > I have just joined several other lists as well and my mail box is > getting absolutely flooded with mail. I go through each one by hand, > keeping the one's that I can help with or that I am interested in, > and trashing the rest but it's getting to be quite a chore. > > Is there an easier way to work with lists such as this one? I know > this isn't a Gentoo question as such but any suggestions would be > greatly appreciated.
The first thing to do is get your email process to filter the lists into separate folders. Then you can more easily skim them for relevance. Kmail and Outhouse (Outlook) do this easily, as to most gui mail programs. Yes, they build up if you let them. I'm on several lists, too, and sometimes winnowing the wheat (for me) from the chaff (for me) is a long process. After a four day weekend I had over 300 messages in this list alone, and over 600 total. You learn to be *very* fast with the delete button. Alternatively, some lists allow you to set "no-mail". You can then peruse the list via the archives, and only look for threads of interest to you. You can still reply and submit questions, though, because you are a member of the list. I do this with a list that isn't time critical and that I may have time to look at or not. Finally, you can set the list usage to digest and get a lot fewer messages, but they will require more reading to determine if anything in the message is relevant to you. HTH In Harmony's Way, and In A Chord, Tom :-}) Thomas A. Condon Barbershop Bass Singer Registered Linux User #154358 A Jester Unemployed -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list
