[Tfug] tfug's traffic too much

[Chad Woolley]

Yes Gmail works well.  You can even get a dedicated account just for
lists to keep it separate from your main mail.  Sometimes it messes up
the threading, but with all the features such as labels and searches
and stars you can manage hi-volume mail well.

For example, I haven't read this list since about last thursday, and
I'm just cycling through the "newer" messages in my "list-tfug" label.
 Then I'll archive them all.

-- Chad

On 9/20/06, Judd Pickell <pickell at gmail.com> wrote:
> I recommend Gmail.. It sets up your emails in newsgroup type of fashion so
> that you don't have a ton of emails, you have a few emails with lots of
> replies you can access. A very handy feature for mailing lists such as
> TFUG.. :)
>
> On 9/20/06, George Cohn <gwcohn at simplybits.net> wrote:
> >
> > Brian Masur wrote:
> > > Any recommendations?  I can't keep up with the group.  I have dozens of
> > > unread tfug mail from over a week ago.
> >
> > I'm always amused when I see someone complaining that an e-mail list is
> > too "chatty".
> >
> > I've ran a list for folks who collect old Jaguar XK-E sports cars for
> > over ten years.  It's supposed to be just dry tech talk but I allow
> > folks to talk about most anything as long as it's somehow related to the
> > car.
> >
> > We hear about trips, local club events and the occasional birth or
> > death.  It makes the list more *human* in that you get to know a little
> > about the person posting and they become a friend as well as a technical
> > resource.  Sometimes we get over 100 messages a day.
> >
> > It's not always possible for folks to get together in person and mail
> > lists have been a great enabler in creating virtual clubs and
> > communities with no geographical boundaries.
> >
> > I use Thunderbird and filter by who the mail comes from.  Makes it easy
> > to scan and delete what I'm not interested in and keep the "goodies" for
> > later.
> >
> > George Cohn
> >
> >
> >
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