On Tue, Aug 07, 2001 at 01:35:44PM -0400, David Toccafondi wrote:
>
>
> You know, i've seen two messages today from people unsubscribing to these
> listserves, presumably because of the volume of mail. I feel bad people
> are removing themselves from these great sources of discussion and
> information.
People often unsubscribe when prompted by mail. People rarely unsub
from a quiet list. I wouldn't draw the causal link so easily.
> you can get a free email account on yahoo or hotmail or something like
> that and use it specifically for listserves. that way you can check it at
> your leisure without worrying about all these emails clogging the inbox in
> your main email account.
>
> Also, many mail programs (even elm) can be used to automatically sort
> incoming mail into folders. So, for example, everything that came from the
> univ-city list could be diverted into a folder just for that purpose,
> instead of filling your inbox, and you could read it all when you get
> around to it.
>
> last, some lists have a "digest" option, which sends you all the messages
> from that day in one big email at the end of each day. does anyone know
> if there is such an option for the lists on purple.com?
I guess it falls to me to answer that.
The server is capable of it, but I don't believe I've ever turned it
on, since most email clients offer this sort of sorting. And it avoids
the very annoying replies to "Re: digest #348" and the weird time skew
that happens from digests.
--
Jeff
Jeff Abrahamson <http://www.purple.com/jeff/>
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