Re: [CR]Avoid the Digest form

(Example: Framebuilders:Rene Herse)

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From: "Chuck Schmidt" <chuckschmidt@earthlink.net>
Subject: Re: [CR]Avoid the Digest form
Date: Thu, 11 Jan 2007 18:27:43 -0800
To: CR RENDEZVOUS <classicrendezvous@bikelist.org>


Brian Blum wrote:
> I have been contemplating ending the CR list for which I have
> subscribed since 1999. I switched to Digest form about 5 years ago
> which is unmanagable. I now have a dedicated bike list email
> account which has cut reading time from 2 hours a day to 15 minutes
> a day. I now can just delete 80% of the emails with subjects I have
> become bored with or have no interest and it improves the quality
> of the experience greatly. Unfortunately the Digest ends up with
> bundles of garbage and repeated submissions which are duanting to
> go through. I wholely recommend that anyone who is in digest to
> dump it, I wish I realized this 5 years ago. Brian Blum in Berkeley

Here's my method: Read the archive everyday. Also still subscribe to the list so I can still post, but have all the posts from subscribing go to a delete file through the use of a filter.

Chuck Schmidt
South Pasadena, CA USA
http://www.velo-retro.com (reprints, t-shirts & timelines)