[email protected] wrote: > I would like to comment on this listserv, although I have not been > subscribed for very long. 1. I have read many messages that were not > about verifying one's subscription, although that was the subject line. > > 2. I have read many messages that appear to be totally personal and not > directed to my attention, with misleading subject lines. > > 3. My inbox was already filling up way too fast for me with all kinds > of spam; now it's twice as full with individual messages from this user > group. > > Concluding suggestions, as one emailer to another: > > 1. When you're writing to thank someone for putting something on the > list, or you're suggesting something to someone to do better, but you > think they're ignorant of something everybody else already knows about, > -- send it only to that person. > A lot of people read the list and sending private answers defeats the purpose of the list. Many people learn new things by reading the answers to other poster's question. Please respond on list unless the OP has specifically requested off list correspondence.
> 2. When your message is for everyone but it is not well described in > the subject line, -- change the subject line. > NO NO NO!! If you have a new subject start a new thread. Do not hijack an existing thread. Changing the subject line does not change the thread that the message is attached to and if the person with the answer to YOUR question is ignoring the thread you attached your message to that person will not see the message and you will not get your answer. It is also rude to hijack threads because doing so disrupts the flow of the conversation in the thread. Do your self and everyone else a favor and hit new and start a new thread. > Temporarily, I have put all the Legacy User Group messages into a folder > called "geneology," but it will take me a long time to go through that > file and delete the many messages that are irrelevant to the subject > line and that have no other intrinsic interest to me. Perfect example of threading. If everyone started a new thread for a new subject you could ignore the thread and you wouldn't have so much to delete. > > I would like to know if others are feeling overwhelmed by the volume of > individual messages. We could all sign a petition asking for a digest. I do not believe that a digest will ever happen on this list. (Search the archives) By learning the various capabilities of your email client you can easily control your in-box. > -- Gene Y. http://myyoungs.atspace.com/index.htm Researching Young, Zies, Harer & Cox with Legacy Family Tree Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
