At 14:23 29/01/2009 -0000, Witstert Noname wrote:
For example, in my latest download of emails (headers only) there were several emails for each subject ...
There are 2500 people on this list. It would hardly be surprising if several people responded to a message on a particular subject - or even to earlier replies to it. These could all be independent replies; indeed, if they arrive at similar times, they are likely to be so. You will see their contents only if you read them all.
... so before downloading the content I deleted what I hope is the excess being earlier timed (received) emails with the same subject headers.
You have assumed that earlier responses are less valuable than those from people who were less prompt in replying. I see no reason to believe that this would be the case. Indeed, the opposite might be true.
In doing so there is a danger that I have lost some interesting information.
Of course there is. So read the messages. If you need the information that is interesting to you filtered out from the rest, this can be arranged. But not by a mailing list: what you need is a secretary.
I trust this helps. Brian Barker --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
