On Monday 06 Jan 2003 4:26 pm, Daniel Segel wrote: > At 12:20 PM 1/6/2003 +0000, Anne wrote: > >Or set a filter on your machine to ignore them > > I find this to be a poor solution for many reasons: > > 1. This is a *newbie* list, and some of the people on it really are newbies > who have more pressing issues on their mind than how to set up such a > filter.
No problem has been neglected Personally, I think the ability to filter emails is an essential skill, but there you are. > > 2. I don't like the idea of setting up new filters every time a new OT > subject pops up. > So set up one that acts on all messages preceded by 'OT'. > 4. If the signal:noise ration on this list goes down low enough it ceases > being a worthwhile mailing list. > A day or so is hardly a problem of this size. Get a sense of proportion. > This is an e-mail list, not a web forum. Subscribers have no choice but to > accept (or somehow process) everything that comes down the line, You could always try webmail - there you can delete anything without downloading. > so please > be considerate and keep the OT stuff to a minimum. Get a life, Daniel, or you'll be old before your time. BTW, thank you for cropping your quote - that's helpful. Anne
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