In cases like this, I've found it helps to sort e-mails by subject, highlight all the ones on a particular subject, and delete them in one fell swoop. It's less time consuming than deleting them one at a time, and much less time consuming than actually reading them before I delete them.
As a general rule, I've found that usefulness varies inversely with the number of posts on a topic. In other words, if there are 20-30 responses to a particular post, I can safely delete them all without reading them and not miss anything. If there are 3-4 posts, then it's probably worthwhile to read them. This is pretty much the case for every e-group I've ever belonged to. The practice comes in handy if I fall behind and need to clean up a few hundred e-mails in a hurry. Bruce -------------- Original message ---------------------- From: CHARLES HUTTON <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Russ: > > To have everyone have to delete the hundreds of non-informative posts on > this, > CFL's, etc is a pound of cure. It works, but... > > An ounce of prevention would help too. I'd like to see us worry as much about > overall quality of the list posts as we do about flames. Surely people lose > interest in the list when they read a hundred posts which don't say much. Not > all were that way, but almost all were. > > > Chuck> Date: Mon, 4 Jun 2007 04:26:57 -0700> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: > [email protected]> Subject: Re: [IRCA] KOHI-1600's Underwhelming Signal> > > > > > > --- "Paul B. Walker, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:> > > > > > > > Well, I'd almost rather have the IBOC thread back.. at least we were> > > discussing different things each time.. In this KOHi thread, y'all> > are> > > whinning aobut the same thing, over and over and over again.. it gets> > > tiring > after a few.. minutes> > > > At least the IBOC thread was interesting> > > > > > > *** I agree. But maybe you should've been doing what I've been doing> since > this > one began - deleting most of them automatically. > > Russ Edmunds> Blue Bell, > PA > ( 360' ASL )> [15 mi NNW of Philadelphia]> 40:08:45N; 75:16:04W, Grid FN20id> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> FM: Yamaha T-80 & Onkyo T-450RDS w/ APS9B @15'> AM: > Hammarlund HQ-150 & 4' FET air core loop> > > > > ________________________________________________________________________________ > ____Re! > ady for the edge of your seat? > Check out tonight's top picks on Yahoo! TV. > > > http://tv.yahoo.com/> _______________________________________________> IRCA > mailing list> [email protected]> > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca> > Opinions expressed in > messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do > not > necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, > or > officers> > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org> > To Post a > message: [email protected]> > _______________________________________________ > IRCA mailing list > [email protected] > http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca > > Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original > contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its > editors, publishing staff, or officers > > For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org > > To Post a message: [email protected] > _______________________________________________ IRCA mailing list [email protected] http://montreal.kotalampi.com/mailman/listinfo/irca Opinions expressed in messages on this mailing list are those of the original contributors and do not necessarily reflect the opinion of the IRCA, its editors, publishing staff, or officers For more information: http://www.ircaonline.org To Post a message: [email protected]
