Hoi, As traffic is so HIGH in this mailing list, is it an idea to make a 'Newsgroup' (comp.lang.zope) for it?? I only _read_ 4 or 5 newsgroups myself .... -- Andre van der Vlies <A.G.van.der.Vlies@ict.hva.nl> System Administrator Hogeschool van Amsterdam Stadhouderskade 55, Amsterdam tel: (+31) 20 5702670 fax: (+31) 20 5702510 http://www.ict.hva.nl/~andre Key fingerprint = 99 DC D6 01 96 C2 48 80 DC 9C D5 D2 34 F6 A6 5D
Andre van der Vlies wrote:
Hoi, As traffic is so HIGH in this mailing list, is it an idea to make a 'Newsgroup' (comp.lang.zope) for it??
I only _read_ 4 or 5 newsgroups myself ....
I would oppose this as making it a newsgroup or gatewaying to news attracts a lot of noise traffic such as "what is zope ?" ( 10 times a day ), spam, Zope vs other technology flamefests etc. which tends to cause a lot of valuable contributors to leave. E-mail tends to be handled with a lot more immediacy and value compared to Usenet. I have found the foll methods useful for high traffic lists - 1) Set up filters and check the filtered zope folder once or more a day. I tend to set/unset the filters so that the tasks I am working on currently remain email-foreground i.e. in my inbox while those currently not of active interest go to folders until they become "hot" again. Also important but high value traffic goes to filtered folders that I check more often than my inbox some days. OR 2) Subscribe to the digest OR 3) Unsubscribe but check the archives periodically. Overall I find that e-mail is the real killer app of the Internet and my Inbox gets attention far more than Usenet or even web-based list archives. Nitin.
-- Andre van der Vlies <A.G.van.der.Vlies@ict.hva.nl> System Administrator Hogeschool van Amsterdam Stadhouderskade 55, Amsterdam tel: (+31) 20 5702670 fax: (+31) 20 5702510 http://www.ict.hva.nl/~andre Key fingerprint = 99 DC D6 01 96 C2 48 80 DC 9C D5 D2 34 F6 A6 5D
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At 01:57 AM 11/26/99 , Nitin Borwankar wrote:
1) Set up filters and check the filtered zope folder once or more a day. I tend to set/unset the filters so that the tasks I am working on currently remain email-foreground i.e. in my inbox while those currently not of active interest go to folders until they become "hot" again. Also important but high value traffic goes to filtered folders that I check more often than my inbox some days.
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2) Subscribe to the digest
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3) Unsubscribe but check the archives periodically.
My methods: - Download unread mail into your Palm for easy reading when commuting or on the couch. - Use an email client that can thread mail like a newsreader, like The Bat! (http://www.ritlabs.com/the_bat/). in combination with filtering, it makes for a very clear overview of your mail. -- Martijn Pieters, Web Developer | Antraciet http://www.antraciet.nl | Tel: +31-35-7502100 Fax: +31-35-7502111 | mailto:mj@antraciet.nl http://www.antraciet.nl/~mj | PGP: http://wwwkeys.nl.pgp.net:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xA8A32149 ------------------------------------------
- Use an email client that can thread mail like a newsreader, like The Bat! (http://www.ritlabs.com/the_bat/). in combination with filtering, it makes for a very clear overview of your mail.
If you are on a unix system, mutt (http://www.mutt.org) in tandem with procmail works very well for this sort of thing. -- Stephen Pitts smpitts@midsouth.rr.com webmaster - http://www.mschess.org
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