Digest Format (WAS: All Synth DIY List members, please read)

[Aaron Cram]

WeAreAs1 at aol.com wrote:

> . . .
>
> I do like the other lists that I receive, but Synth-DIY is absolutely the
> most important list for me.  Unfortunately, it's also the one that is
> constantly clogging my mailbox as well as making me spend hours sorting,
> compiling, and archiving message threads.
>
> . . .
>

There's no need to sort messages by hand - that's why computers were invented!
:)

I also lamented the lack of a digest format for this list, but then I learned
about "message filtering."  I use Netscape for my mail program, and it has a
feature that lets you filter messages and do some action based upon the contents
of the message.  So, I created a folder called "Synth-DIY" and told Netscape to
move any message coming into my Inbox into Synth-DIY if the message had
"owner-synth-diy at node12b53.a2000.nl" in the "Sender:" field of the header.
(Michael, if you use Netscape, contact me off-list and I can explain exactly how
to set it up.)  I know that MS Outlook also has a message-filtering feature, and
I assume any decent mail program will allow you to do this.  With all of the
Synth-DIY mail in a single folder, I can then view the messages as threaded,
something you can't do with a digest.  It's also easy to create a new folder and
copy/move messages into it for archiving.

BUT, for the record, I do support the idea of a digest format, if the list admin
is willing to set it up.  I just wanted to point out that there are other ways
of dealing with the high traffic of this list.


-Aaron