Is it possible to get the posts in a daily digest format?
-----Original Message----- From: Mark McDonough <antenna...@charter.net> To: alpine-l@science.uu.nl Sent: Wed, Jan 12, 2011 12:38 am Subject: [Alpine-l] Options to cope with Alpine-L message volume ======================================== > B. You can also set your Alpine-L subscription for "No Mail", Bob Nold (penstemon at q.com) wrote: -------------------------------------------- "Uh, what exactly is the purpose of subscribing to a mailing list if you don't want any mail? Is this some zen koan? Like, what is a mailing list with no mail? If you weren't on a mailing list, would you expect mail? Another way to deal with a lot of mail you don't want to read is to highlight one, then do Edit-Select All-Delete. I always delete email from that person who calls himself penstemon. Saves me from reading a lot of nonsense." ==================== Dear Bob, Excellent question, it is a seemingly contradictory paradox to be sure, let me use the pizza analogy to explain. If you subscribe to Pizza-L, one would hope for a goodly amount of pizza; who doesn't love a hot savory pizza every now and then. If one signs up for such a service, there is of course an expectation of pizza. But sometimes, the pizza-list constituency goes way overboard and too much pizza arrives, regrettably forcing pizza deletion, or worse yet, pizza denial and unsubscribing from further pizza. In such cases, a possible antidote is to apply the "No Pizza" option whereby you must navigate to an Archive List of recently posted pizzas. The good part is, you can then leisurely browse and select which pizzas you want, even if it is just a simple cheese pizza, just for yourself. You may need to reheat. I have not included the Pizza-L archive links here, as that would be off-topic, but I hope you now have a better understanding of the Pizza/No Pizza option, and how it analogously relates to the Alpine-L Mail/No Mail options. This message in no way addresses the Anchovies/No Anchovies option, that's a topic for another day. Personally, I'm intrigued by this Penstemon character, whoever it might be; a person who names himself after a plant is surely one to be suspicious of. Sincerely, Antennaria (aka Mark McDonough... wait a minute...uh....) Mark McDonough Alpine-L co-list-owner antenna...@charter.net Massachusetts, USA ***your Alpine-L account settings*** http://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l ***Alpine-L archive message links*** http://mailman.science.uu.nl/pipermail/alpine-l/ http://www.mail-archive.com/alpine-l@science.uu.nl/index.html _______________________________________________ Alpine-l mailing list Alpine-l@science.uu.nl http://mailman.science.uu.nl/mailman/listinfo/alpine-l
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