(OT) Re: All Synth DIY List members, please read

[Theo]

Many (most?) pp on SDIY reply offlist, this becomes a bit of a pain when the
list is in digest mode.
It is pretty easy to set up your newsreader to sort your messages.
The result is about the same as a digest form, BUT it is far more easy to:
1) Reply off list
2) Keep the messages you want to keep for further reference and delete the
rest.
3) Scan the messages and only read those that interest you.

I may sound a little rude, however I really think that pp should learn how
to use their mail reader,
instead of complaining about problems that aren't there.
IMHO digest format is unnecessary and brings more problems than it solves.

Theo



----- Original Message -----
From: jbv <jbv.silences at wanadoo.fr>
To: <synth-diy at node12b53.a2000.nl>
Sent: Thursday, January 25, 2001 5:02 PM
Subject: Re: All Synth DIY List members, please read


> >
> >
> > >1) it would be great if (as in several other lists) a tag  - like
(sDIY)
> > >for instance - could be automatically added to the title of each post,
> > >making browsing through incoming messages much easier...
> >
> > What you want to achieve is best accomplished with email software that
will
> > filter your incoming messages into different mailboxes automatically. I
> > have seen other lists that do what you suggest, and some of them don't
> > implement the feature very well. It is possible to see some messages
with
> > the tag inserted multiple times into the subject line, to the point that
> > half or more of the original subject is obscured by the tags.
>
> But some lists DO implement that feature very well (check the music-dsp
> list for instance), which proves that it's feasable.
>
> > Things get
> > even messier when people cross-post or forward messages to two or more
> > different lists, which use tags.
>
> That's true, but at the same time such things happen very seldom (at least
on
> s-DIY).
>
> >
> >
> > Yes, subject tags are one way to sort your incoming emails, but I think
> > they are far from the best way.
> >
>
> Probably, although I keep thinking it's a very useful feature.
> For example : some s-DIY members reply to the list, others reply to
> the sender of the message, some reply to both.
> When you post a message to the list and someone emails you a personal
reply
> (instead of sending it to the list - that happens far more often than
> cross-postings
> between lists), how do you sort that kind of messages and how do you
program
> your
> email software to put them straight into your s-DIY folder ?
> Just asking...
>
> Beside, there's another interesting feature on the music-dsp list :
> the list manager asked several months ago that every off-topic message
would
> have the (OT) tag in the subject line - and members started to follow that
> rule
> without any problem, which makes sorting on & off-topic messages pretty
easy.
> One could also suggest that OT messages would be automatically removed
from
> digest and archives...
>
> I understand pretty well that such requests mean some more work for Rick,
> but it has do be done once and for all...
>
> jbv
>
>
>
>