Re: [Elecraft] OT - Why so much Off topic??

2011-05-27 Thread Dave Sergeant
For your information, G3NKC who started this thread, has now unsubscribed from the reflector. If only people would use these properly in their subject lines the filtering would do the job. Unfortunately they don't. We have for instance KX3, KX-3, KX 3 - and I see today we even have CK722 and

Re: [Elecraft] OT - Why so much Off topic??

2011-05-27 Thread Pierfrancesco Caci
On Fri, 27 May 2011 07:00:53 +0100 Dave Sergeant d...@davesergeant.com wrote: If only people would use these properly in their subject lines the filtering would do the job. Unfortunately they don't. We have for instance KX3, KX-3, KX 3 - and I see today we even have CK722 and CK-722. It

Re: [Elecraft] OT - Why so much Off topic??

2011-05-27 Thread Guy Olinger K2AV
I use the Gmail client for email. Even with a pile of 70 or 80 messages, I can use the J and X hot keys to go down the list and mark entire threads for deletion in less than 60 seconds. It's limited by how fast I can read the titles. I click on the delete button and all that remains is stuff I

Re: [Elecraft] OT - Why so much Off topic??

2011-05-26 Thread Dave Sharred
Guys I am new to this reflector; but am already considering quitting. Having just gotten a K3, I was hoping to see it as a source of useful info // advice, that I will undoubtedly need in the weeks ahead. Of course the reflector is for more than just the K3; and I can see the Euphoria

Re: [Elecraft] OT - Why so much Off topic??

2011-05-26 Thread Ken Alexander
:  it's worth sticking around, but you might want to look into ways of managing the traffic. 73, Ken Alexander, VE3HLS --- On Thu, 5/26/11, Dave Sharred g3...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: From: Dave Sharred g3...@yahoo.co.uk Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT - Why so much Off topic?? To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net

Re: [Elecraft] OT - Why so much Off topic??

2011-05-26 Thread John Harper
Turn off the send email option and just read your topics-of-interest here: http://mailman.qth.net/pipermail/elecraft/2011-May/date.html John AE5X Radio: http://www.ae5x.com/blog __ Elecraft mailing list Home:

Re: [Elecraft] OT - Why so much Off topic??

2011-05-26 Thread Wes Stewart
to look into ways of managing the traffic. 73, Ken Alexander, VE3HLS --- On Thu, 5/26/11, Dave Sharred g3...@yahoo.co.uk wrote: From: Dave Sharred g3...@yahoo.co.uk Subject: Re: [Elecraft] OT - Why so much Off topic?? To: elecraft@mailman.qth.net Date: Thursday, May 26, 2011, 2

Re: [Elecraft] OT - Why so much Off topic??

2011-05-26 Thread Jim Dunstan
I agree with Ken Alexander VE3HLS. My mail program has a decent filtering system. Since this reflector has such diverse topics I have taken the trouble of making filters for those of special interest to me (conversely helping me avoid those that are not) which only takes a minute

Re: [Elecraft] OT - Why so much Off topic??

2011-05-26 Thread Leigh L. Klotz Jr WA5ZNU
I created the various web archives for the Elecraft list (except for the qth.net/qsl.net ones). In my opinion, the Nabble site is the best one for for reading, for searching, and for writing as well. All traffic is synchronized with the mailing list, so you get the best of both worlds. It's here:

Re: [Elecraft] OT - Why so much Off topic??

2011-05-26 Thread n5ge
I used to set kill filters for the topics I wasn't interested in, but found that at some times I would delete something that interested me, so using my Email program 'Agent' I now use the watch filter to look for phrases in the subject that contain topics I'm not interested in and move them to a