This is true, and in T'bird you can set to unread. Also you only have to follow threads that you need, or are interested in. I have learnt a lot by following other threads I didint think were valid at the time. cheers Bob Baremusic Aaron Trumm wrote: > why do people keep quitting the list when all they have to do is create > a folder for the list, a rule that pipes the messages to that folder, > and then you can just paruse the list (or delete them all) whenever you > feel like? > > > On Thu, 2005-10-06 at 17:19 -0700, Mark Knecht wrote: > >>On 10/6/05, Robert Jonsson <rj@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> >>>Hello people, >>> >>>being a long time LAU reader it feels a bit wierd to quit the list. Though >>>lately the sheer volume of messages is just too much, I can't keep up. SNR >>>has seemingly gone down a bit too, though I guess both are signs of >>>linux-audio coming of age. >> >>Before you go, please know one thing and consider another: >> >>1) I value your contributions on all of the lists I've seen you on. >>Thanks for that. >> >>2) Consider a GMail account for list management only. I'll give you >>one if you need it. I've been subscribing to the Linux-kernel list for >>the last few weeks. Even on the heaviest days it only amounts to 30 or >>so conversations. It's very easy to delete 100's of emails and get to >>the stuff I want to read. I routinely get about 500 emails a day.480 >>of them go away very quickly. >> >> >>>Before I leave I have a request concerning the two things I will miss most. >>>- Application announcements, please make announcements to the [Announce] also >>>so people like me can find out. I think most does, just a reminder ;) >>> >>>And the most important one. >>>- I absolutely applaud the increasing posting of music/sound/noise in here >>>lately. I will definitely miss this. I'd be very happy if people made use of >>>the [LAM] list: >>>http://dis-dot-dat.net/mailman/listinfo/lam_dis-dot-dat.net >> >>Didn't know about this one so I've just signed up. Thanks. See, once >>again you're a helper. >> >> >>>and posted their pieces there also. For people like me that need to cut down >>>on their daily mailinglist-intake it would be a good solution. >>> >>>Read you later, >>>Robert >> >>Cheers and good life, >>Mark >> > > -- Bearmusic hearmymusic.co.uk <http:www.hearmymusic.co.uk>
