At 05:24 PM 8/7/1998 +0200, Ivan Sergio Borgonovo wrote:
BTW, your's is one of those e-addresses where it goes back to you
rather than the list when you hit reply.
>
>> Oh yes. I would be dead without filters. I have a file for
>> major sections (i.e., marketing, consulting, profession\al,
>> international, etc) and a box for every newslist (even those I
>> unsubbed from) within those groups and a box for other stuff.
>> Anything that doesn't fall into a filtered box automatically goes
>> to a spam box, where I can review subject or from whom, before
>> deleting. It works well. If somebody sends me a message that is
>> not addressed to a list address or to me, then it must be spam.
>> Eudora Pro does a great job with filters and handling multiple accounts
>
>But how can you filter emails from the same lists? I mean by
>subject?
You can't. When I get messages in to a list box, I then sort by
subject. If the subject is of no interest, or is something that
I can't contribute or learn, I delete those messages. BTW, this
is the method most used by list junkies, which is why subject
(and the changing thereof) is important.
>This is the real problem! In 200 emails the topics could be 30 or 40
>unfortunately not evryone try to write a good helpful subject.
>Sometimes even if I try I really fail to find a short description of
>what I'm writing, I'm so cnfused by myself :-)
>So there are at least 20 emails you have to read at least (if 50% of
>the writer choses a good subject) to know what they are talking
>about. On a good list 20% of the topics are interesting to you so
>20+(4x6)=44 emails on 200 + 10 due to unretainable curiosity.
>You take a look just to the first 20 in 10sec. Then you'll spend 1
>minute and a half on the other 24 and 30 sec on the remaining 10...
>20x20+90x24+30x10=107 min. About 2h!!!
That's about right. I find I respond to 10% of all messages
received -- or 50 messages a day. Using your calculations, and
my numbers, I spend 5 1/2 hours a day reading and responding to
e-mail. 200 messages = 2 hours. 530 messages - 5 1/2 hours.
>Suppose you'll stop reading jus because you're curious anyway
>you'll waste more than 15% of your time reading unuseful thing.
>15% is not too much if you're dealing with 200 emails but it
>becomes annoying when the emails are 400.
>
>Is there any AI program to filter emails?
I don't think any artificial intelligence can replace real
intelligence, unless, of course you are looking for keywords (as
in career sites).
>> I used to count the number of messages received by list, but
>> stopped that in May (when my shrink cured my OCD problem).
>
>How did he succeed?
>
Just kidding. When Bush was running for president in his last
election he stated that the US has 5% of the world's population
and 95% of the world's attorneys, which is why we have some many
problems. I think the same holds true for psychologists (my
brother-in-law is one, and he agrees ;-}).
George.
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