"Dominic A. V. Amann" wrote:
> 
> Although I like mailing lists, I am beginning to see a pattern.
> A list becomes useful at around 5-20 daily contributions.  At
> around 30+, I glaze over and skip tons of stuff, wishing it
> would end already.  modperl is well over that limit, and I now
> have to unsubscribe just to keep my day productive.  Also, I
> perceive that signal to noise is diminishing with increasing
> size.
> 
> Perhaps it is time to further specialize the list into
> sub-topics?

Hrmm, rather than divide the list I think it is better to develop
advanced scan-and-delete techniques for mailing lists.  I filter all
mod_perl mail into one folder.  Anything about modules that I don't care
about, like Embperl, ASP, and Mason goes straight into the trash bin. 
Anything that mentions Apache::Session goes to a special folder.  All
other mails get their subjects read but little else.

Another advantage of this method is that I can deal with mod_perl email
one a weekly or even monthly basis, instead of daily.  Notice how Doug
MacEachern uses this list.  He posts about 50 messages at once, but
infrequently.

In any case, I think you can deal with it on your end without reducing
the value of the list for rank newbies.

Regards,
Jeffrey

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