I don't mind the volume of u2 email and I agree that bandwidth has nothing to do with anything. I don't read my email until way past 5pm so I tend to get a settled list. Right now it's 1:50 am as I'm returning from this weekly client.
When I see the multiple RE:'s I look upstream to see the original post and see if it interests me. As I <shift-click> to multiple-delete them, I have Outlook Express showing me the majority (top portion) of each response and can quickly (within 1 second) determine if it appeals to me or not. Thus I can blow by 40-60 items and a dozen or more mortg.age or enlargeme.nt emails pretty quickly. Let's not forget the mucho 'out of office replies' that happen this time of year. I don't think it's a real problem. my 1 cent. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 11:15 AM Subject: RE: [U2] The list format and usefulness > My $0.02 > > I strongly disagree with this approach. > > 1) I think you would lose some valuable and useful responses as not all > summaries will be posted > > 2) I like to see the alternative approaches as my particular problem may > not be exactly like the one posted, but one of the solutions might well > work for me. > > 3) I can easily delete threads I don't want to read so this is not a > bother. I consider the risk of missing useful information more important. > (BTW, GOTO's are the root of all evil :) ) > > 4) In today's world bandwidth is simply not the issue it used to be. Give > me the information and let me search. If it is of concern to someone then > can select digest mode which would at least control when the impact is > seen. > > I am not say that Dave it doing this, but please don't let this board turn > into a place where people get flamed for asking a repetitive or "dumb" > question. I have seen this happen in other forums and it really turns off > active participation by all but a few 'elite' members. > > > For me I would rather see folks spend a little more time on the subject > line to make searching easier then worry about posting summaries. > > Rich Taylor | Senior Programmer/Analyst| VERTIS > 250 W. Pratt Street | Baltimore, MD 21201 > P 410.361.8688 | F 410.528.0319 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.vertisinc.com > > Vertis is the premier provider of targeted advertising, media, and > marketing services that drive consumers to marketers more effectively. > > "The more they complicate the plumbing > the easier it is to stop up the drain" > > - Montgomery Scott NCC-1701 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Logan, David (SST > - Adelaide) > Sent: Monday, December 20, 2004 7:41 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [U2] The list format and usefulness > > Hi Folks, > > After becoming a little frustrated of seeing and reading the same old > stuff, day in and day out, and IMHO the list not having the same useful > content as previously, I have number of suggestions. > > With a number of other groups, a different format is used, a question is > asked, replies are sent directly to the person asking the question and > this person then summarises for the groups benefit. > > This has couple of immediate advantages : > > 1) stops arguments on the relative benefits of a GOTO over a LOOP for > the 53rd time. (30 replies on the last one). > 2) stops multiple answers clogging bandwidth of everybody on the list. > eg. being told how to MAT var = '' 9 times. > > People need to also have a little more discipline and perhaps utilise > the community list when appropriate. I choose not to subscribe so am not > aware if it gets much of a hammering but perhaps it could do with a > little more. This format provides that discipline. > > I am aware there useful posts and the responses can be very helpful but > we could also promote the use and searching of the archives prior to > posting. This would trim down a number of the duplicate posts. > > I feel these simple measures would cut down considerably on duplicate > and unnecessary traffic. > > Donning asbestos underpants now. > > Regards > > David Logan > Database Administrator > HP Managed Services > 148 Frome Street, > Adelaide 5000 > Australia > > +61 8 8408 4273 - Work > +61 417 268 665 - Mobile > +61 8 8408 4259 - Fax > ------- > u2-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ > ------- > u2-users mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/ ------- u2-users mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe please visit http://listserver.u2ug.org/
