Tim Applegarth wrote:
For Daniel from Tim
It seems to me that there are some people, (like myself a computer
novice), using this list, who don't understand how to keep the
postings from becoming mingled so that we can't determine who is
replying to whom, or how to keep the topics separate from each
other. In other words, very few seem to know what's going on. There
needs to be some organization somehow. Are you a moderator? If not,
will they help?
The short answer is to look at the options on the View menu.
"Sort by: Threaded" will group messages in the same thread
(conversation) together. You can also choose Ascending/Descending
according to whether you want the oldest messages at the top or bottom.
"Threads: With Unread" will filter out threads that contain only
messages already marked as read. Since there are over 87,000 messages in
this newsgroup, you don't want to sift through all that every time you
visit. With this setting, I generally find fewer than 20 new messages
when I check in the morning; the rest are hidden.
The attribution line ("So-and-so wrote:") at the top tells you who is
writing, and there should be nested attribution lines under that if he's
quoting previous posters.
It's not so complicated, and it's not true that "very few seem to know
what's going on." Only newbies and rare posters find it confusing. Stick
around and you'll get the hang of it.
--
War doesn't determine who's right, just who's left.
--
Paul B. Gallagher
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