Dave, Please *not* Yahoo groups! While it is popular, it has many drawbacks for me. I find it just as difficult (and even more) to find a particular post on the web version as it is in the digest form of this or any other reflector. At least some of the formats of this reflector offer threaded posts which are helpful in some instances and the search function on the archives is handy at times too. I have not found equivalents in the Yahoo groups. For the Yahoo groups that I subscribe to, I request individual emails, and I handle them in the same way as I do for the Elecraft reflector posts - let my email client put them into the Elecraft folder, and I can use the delete button from there.
73, Don W3FPR David Y. wrote: > Eric and all, > > I'm probably going to be "hooted" for this post, but I think it is > pertinent. > > First, let me say that I love this reflector. It is a bastion of excellent > info, even when it doesn't absolutely, directly, involve an Elecraft > product. I thank you for allowing it to be "flexible". I also think you > exercise reasonable restraint on topics that tend to wander. > > I have one really big problem with this reflector--that is the fact that it > is so popular! That's a "plus", and it's a "minus", depending on the time > of day, the number of sunspots, and so on! > > So, what's my problem? It's the volume of info that comes across this > reflector. I don't mind the volume so much as I do the way the host ISP > handles it. I have chosen to receive each message as posted because the > alternative, receiving the digest, is very awkward! I would much prefer to > receive the digest, and then just scroll down until I see something that > doesn't seem to be of interest. However, If I use the digest mode, and if > something is seemingly of interest, I have to scroll down (endlessly) > through all the posts to get to that particulart post. So, I subscribe to > the alternative that sends me every post, and I wear out my delete key! > > The Yahoo groups have a much better system. If you opt for the digest mode, > you can simply scroll through a summary of the posts, and click on the post > you want to view, then go directly to that post. That is a huge advantage > on those reflectors, particular if they are anywhere as popular as this one. > > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
