Theos-Talk Archives (May 1996 Message tl01267)

Sy:

Glad to see your feedback.

I think there are two possible solutions.

1. Using a mail program which has filter capabilities. I use the Eudora
Pro which runs under Windows and have set up three folders. One each for
theos-XXXX, Listening-l, others. So all my personal and direct messages
are put in my others folder which I see as soon as the messages are
downloaded. It is possible that some may not be able to use this program.
There are two free programs available which do filtering. One is I think
Pegasusmail and the other is Beyondmail. I do not have info on programs
which run under Mac.

2. When quoting a message, the quote can be below the reply. Just like I
have done now. So the reader can read the reply and read the rest if
desired or can ignore the rest. Also the first few lines of reply may
help to decide deleting the message or not.

Others may have other ideas. This is my 2 cents worth.

	.....Ramadoss

PS: I do not know the limitations one has when using AOL or Compuserve.
What I have stated above applies to straight Internet access.




On Thu, 23 May 1996, Sy Ginsburg wrote:

> I am interested in reading and sometimes participating in the messages on the
> theos-* bulletin boards.  But the message traffic is overwhelming.  When I turn
> on my email at night, and discover 100+ messages, among which are intermixed a
> few messsages from business colleagues, etc., it is overwhelming to separate the
> theos.* traffic from the other email.
>
> Also, I find it tedious to reread previous messages which message writers have
> simply recopied before giving their reply.  I do not think this is necessary and
> those of you who do this, are wasting the time of those who you expect to read
> your messages.
>
> All of this is simply too time consuming.
>
> I will be traveling again in a few weeks and will unsubscribe because I do not
> want to return and find 2000+ Email messages.
>
> I do not have a solution to this traffic problem, but believe that it is a more
> serious problem than the complaints about people arguing, etc.  I present it to
> the techies among you to see if there is some way in which theos-* messages can
> clearly be delineated as such, so that a subscriber  can easily delete them
> without deleting and/or interfering with his/her other email.
>
> Sy Ginsburg
>
>