By filtering it to its own folder gets it away from the rest of your inbox but means you still have to look thru it all ... only less often and probably more after the fact. I like to be immediately involved in the tech problems part of CGUYS. Setting up filters when needed reduces the list to the problem solving / tech informational posts that I prefer but there seems to be less of the tech fix it or find it stuff. The fix it strings are less often with fewer responses so typically go into less depth...
I filter the CGuys messages to a separate folder. I also get the digest; doesn't matter if I'm a few hours off with email [since it's in the UK anyway]. I like the digest where I can read a list of topics at the top. Makes it easer to find emails that interest me.
I think that one of the reasons that people get sidetracked so much, aside from rampant ADD, is that some of us are nitpicking when we'd do better to concentrate on solving technical issues. However. there's a huge overlap of technical, community, government, politics and legislative issues, so a sidetrack is sometimes a lot more interesting and fruitful than the tech problems that can be answered in a few messages.
FWIW, a hot rant or flame every so often is good for the soul. I've been laughing at the Windoze/M$ comments this week.
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