I'm glad that John (dewolf) pointed out in #7457 that you can opt
for not receiving as e-mail all the messages posted to this List. I
had joined briefly last winter and then opted out to avoid having to
deal with all the deletions. At the current message-rate, that must
be a problem. If I saw that option when I joined before, I didn't
remember it.
But I visit the list daily - wouldn't miss it - and read many of
the posts, after scanning the list for subject matter of special
interest or familiar or especially knowledgable members. Felt funny
about not being a member, when I'm so much involved with the
activity. But now, following John's reminder, I've happily rejoined
the 'family'.
Seems to me that, with the web-site so readily accessed, there is
really little need for anyone to receive all the messages.
Bob / Cock o' the Trail
Talk-List membership wo/ e-mail overload
3 messages in this thread |
Started on 2001-08-03
Talk-List membership wo/ e-mail overload
From: Bob LaBelle (rll1924@linkny.com) |
Date: 2001-08-03 19:41:11 UTC
Re: [LbNA] Talk-List membership wo/ e-mail overload
From: Linda Kuzyk (lindakuzyk@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2001-08-04 08:04:18 UTC-07:00
Bob, am I understanding you to say that there's a way
to not get all of the messages w/out unsubscribing? I
was gone for a week and returned to find 141 messages
to go through. I nearly deleted them all, but was so
afraid that I'd miss something, that I went through
them and deleted the ones that I didn't "need" to read
and then read the rest. It took forever. Help me
out. Tell me how I would deal with the overload
without unsubscribing. Thanks! Linda (PetLinK)
--- Bob LaBelle wrote:
> I'm glad that John (dewolf) pointed out in #7457
> that you can opt
> for not receiving as e-mail all the messages posted
> to this List. I
> had joined briefly last winter and then opted out to
> avoid having to
> deal with all the deletions. At the current
> message-rate, that must
> be a problem. If I saw that option when I joined
> before, I didn't
> remember it.
> But I visit the list daily - wouldn't miss it -
> and read many of
> the posts, after scanning the list for subject
> matter of special
> interest or familiar or especially knowledgable
> members. Felt funny
> about not being a member, when I'm so much involved
> with the
> activity. But now, following John's reminder, I've
> happily rejoined
> the 'family'.
> Seems to me that, with the web-site so readily
> accessed, there is
> really little need for anyone to receive all the
> messages.
>
> Bob / Cock o' the
> Trail
>
>
>
>
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to not get all of the messages w/out unsubscribing? I
was gone for a week and returned to find 141 messages
to go through. I nearly deleted them all, but was so
afraid that I'd miss something, that I went through
them and deleted the ones that I didn't "need" to read
and then read the rest. It took forever. Help me
out. Tell me how I would deal with the overload
without unsubscribing. Thanks! Linda (PetLinK)
--- Bob LaBelle
> I'm glad that John (dewolf) pointed out in #7457
> that you can opt
> for not receiving as e-mail all the messages posted
> to this List. I
> had joined briefly last winter and then opted out to
> avoid having to
> deal with all the deletions. At the current
> message-rate, that must
> be a problem. If I saw that option when I joined
> before, I didn't
> remember it.
> But I visit the list daily - wouldn't miss it -
> and read many of
> the posts, after scanning the list for subject
> matter of special
> interest or familiar or especially knowledgable
> members. Felt funny
> about not being a member, when I'm so much involved
> with the
> activity. But now, following John's reminder, I've
> happily rejoined
> the 'family'.
> Seems to me that, with the web-site so readily
> accessed, there is
> really little need for anyone to receive all the
> messages.
>
> Bob / Cock o' the
> Trail
>
>
>
>
__________________________________________________
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Make international calls for as low as $.04/minute with Yahoo! Messenger
http://phonecard.yahoo.com/
Re: [LbNA] Talk-List membership wo/ e-mail overload
From: (drewclan@aol.com) |
Date: 2001-08-04 17:00:46 UTC
--- In letterbox-usa@y..., Linda Kuzyk wrote:
> Bob, am I understanding you to say that there's a way
> to not get all of the messages w/out unsubscribing?
Yes! I never recieve any email from this list either, but visit it
daily on the web.
-Go to http://www.egroups.com and
-"Sign in," an adventure in itself the first time you visit. Then
-Click "my groups" and
-"letterboxing"
-click on "Edit My Membership" and
-choose the "no email/read on the web only" option. Then
-click on "messages" and, voila!
You'll see a nice list of all the posts and you can just click on the
ones you want to read. An added plus: no email means no viruses...
I do think there might be a disadvantage to this option: I can never
see people's whole email address and can not post to them
individually off-list. But it's still a nice way to go.
Enjoy!
Jay in CT
> Bob, am I understanding you to say that there's a way
> to not get all of the messages w/out unsubscribing?
Yes! I never recieve any email from this list either, but visit it
daily on the web.
-Go to http://www.egroups.com and
-"Sign in," an adventure in itself the first time you visit. Then
-Click "my groups" and
-"letterboxing"
-click on "Edit My Membership" and
-choose the "no email/read on the web only" option. Then
-click on "messages" and, voila!
You'll see a nice list of all the posts and you can just click on the
ones you want to read. An added plus: no email means no viruses...
I do think there might be a disadvantage to this option: I can never
see people's whole email address and can not post to them
individually off-list. But it's still a nice way to go.
Enjoy!
Jay in CT