on Wed, Nov 29, 2000 at 12:34:28AM -0500, Lawrence H. Robins (lrobins@his.com) wrote: > I'm curious to know what strategies are used by regular subscribers to > this list to deal with the high volume of messages (>250/day)? > Suppose you only want to see messages with certain keywords in the > subject line, or only replies to your questions, and filter out all > the others? Also, is there any way to filter the messages **before** > downloading them from your ISP to your local machine, which takes time > in itself? (Note: I am just getting started with Debian, and am not > yet familiar with most of the packages. This message is being written > from an e-mail client program (Eudora) in another OS. Eudora doesn't > seem designed to handle huge mailing lists - I hope there is something > better in Debian.) Procmail filters -- debian-user goes to its own folder. This is a must. Heady use of delete key. I tend to delete threads for which first post is a reply -- I figure the post has already largely been answered, unless the subject is particularly compelling. I ignore topics out of my area of interest -- sound and video cards in particular. Most new-installation posts, particularly if they've got replies. Most anything that has multiple responses. I tend to favor posts by: Ethan Benson (especially when he's correcting me), Joey Hess, Sean Perry, and some other regulars. I'll save and come back to threads dealing with topics I'm interested in. If traffic keeps climbing, I may isolate posts by particularly insightful users and/or block posts with: - No subject. - Content 'unsubscribe' and short length. - Anything else I find particularly annoying. When I get particularly behind, I just delete a few days (or weeks) worth of posts. Debian Weekly News tends to highlight significant list events. -- Karsten M. Self <kmself@ix.netcom.com> http://www.netcom.com/~kmself Evangelist, Zelerate, Inc. http://www.zelerate.org What part of "Gestalt" don't you understand? There is no K5 cabal http://gestalt-system.sourceforge.net/ http://www.kuro5hin.org
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