On Monday, June 10, 2002, at 11:04 AM, Lowki Liesmith wrote: > pessonally my feelings are hurt but I havent touched my comp. in three > days and I have 239 new e-mails and only 15 were not the mailing list. > but I still have read them all. It makes me feel loved. > > >> From: Chris Turkel <zizban at adelphia.net> >> To: dragaera at dragaera.info >> Subject: Re: Not to be a jerk.... >> Date: Mon, 10 Jun 2002 10:33:30 -0400 >> >> >> On Monday, June 10, 2002, at 10:28 AM, Starshadw at aol.com wrote: >> >>> In a message dated Mon, 10 Jun 2002 10:21:04 AM Eastern Daylight >>> Time, ahovey at caris.com writes: >>> >>> though you have a very valid underlying point. I had >>>> 200 plus messages in my inbox when I came back from my weekend >>>> vacation. >>> >>> Ummmm.....I have to ask: What exactly were you (and others who have >>> complained about the number of Emails) expecting? It -is- a mailing >>> list, after all. Did you simply think you would only get one or two >>> Emails per week? Per day? And what would make you think that? I >>> haven't seen a mailing list yet that had that few Emails: probably >>> because the few that did ended up closing down due to lack of >>> interest. I'm not trying to be argumentative; I'm genuinely curious. >>> >>> >>>> I definately think that there should be a list strictly for book >>>> related discussion as I couldn't give two rats about all of this RPG >>>> crap. >>> >>> David is working on two more lists. Hopefully, they will be up and >>> running soon. >>> >>>> (My opinion) As such I also feel that thirty emails about spices in a >>>> Dragaera is absurd also(and I love to cook). >>> >>> Actually, there was more going on in those "spice" discussions than >>> just talking about spice. :) You do have to be careful in assuming >>> too much by the subject line. Sometimes, the conversation veers away >>> from what is directly stated in the subject. >>> >>> I guess I'm just kinda shocked (that's not really the word I'm >>> looking for) that people are complaining about receiving Emails when >>> they have subscribed to an Email(ing) list. Isn't that the whole >>> point? I guess I'm just confused as to what the problem is.... >>> >>> Stacy >>> >>> >> I think perhaps people were shocked by the volume. I am on several >> Macintosh related lists and at first I too was shocked but I realized, >> that's why they have mailing lists, to communicate with others who >> share your interest. Anyone who feels overwhelmed should try the >> digest version. Makes everything compact into one nifty email. >> >> The volume should decrease after the mailing list is split into threes. Be sure to read the rules. Reply at the bottom of quoted text (like this) and <snip> irrelevant material. This will help keep the list clean and easy to read, -------- Read The World at the Edge of Time, my new book! http://homepage.mac.com/christurkel > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Join the worldís largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. > http://www.hotmail.com >