> Even though Legacy gets dozens (maybe more than dozens) of > requests for a Digest Mode, it falls to a deaf ear. No matter how > many people request it, most of the email responses seem to > want to convince us that this mode is the only good mode, no > matter what. This mailing list is not a democracy, it is a FREE service provided by the people who provide Legacy. No-one is forcing you to use this forum; if you don't like it, you are welcome to go elsewhere. :-)
You may like to consider these - http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Software/LEGACY.html , http://lists.rootsweb.ancestry.com/index/other/Software/AUS-LEGACY.html , http://boards.rootsweb.com/topics.software.legacy/mb.ashx or http://www.genealogywise.com/group/legacyfamilytreefans Without going back through the recent mail, I can't recall anyone providing clear directions for managing the Inbox, so that those who don't know any different and think that digests are the best thing for mailing lists can learn new ways to be happy with what they've got. All email programs (as far as I'm aware) have rules or filters - the name varies depending on the program, but you'll find information in your email program's Help files about them. You can make a filter to identify the incoming list mail and divert it to its own folder. This keeps it separate from your personal mail, away from everything else so that you can concentrate on it when you wish, and ignore it when you need or want to do that. Web-based email services *usually* have a similar facility, or some other way to manage the mail to identify and separate out the mailing list mail. I have some instructions on my personal web site that I wrote a long time ago for another mailing list that I help to administer. They can be adapted to any mailing list, by changing the email address. They're at http://freepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wendyh65/How-to.htm#RuleFilter (this is a new location since I last posted on this topic, BTW). It has been *years* since I wrote that page, and things may have changed a little since then. But there should be enough there for someone to work out how to set a filter in their own mail box. Don't forget to check the Help files of whatever program or service you're using if you need more assistance. What is missing from those instructions is Gmail on the web. Gmail has filters, but it doesn't have folders. Instead, it uses labels. You could set a filter to give the list mail its own label, and perhaps to archive the mail straight away so it is removed from your Inbox. Then you'd have to go to that label to find the list mail, and perhaps use a star to mark the last thread you read, but I can see there might be problems with that if there was another post to the same thread later on. I haven't worked that one out, as I don't normally read my Gmail on the web, but others may be able to chime in with what they do with their Gmail mail box. Filters are very effective tools and can do a lot more than move around incoming mail. Every mailing list I subscribe to has a filter set to divert that mail away from my Inbox. Other filters colour particular (non-mailing list) emails so I can see at a glance that it was sent to another address that I monitor, or forward copies to others automatically, and so on. Hope this helps. :-) Kind Regards, Wendy Howard *** Please reply to the list *** -- Kaiwaka, Northland, New Zealand http://freepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wendyh65/ <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Ewendyh65/> Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
