Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/11/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Eric wrote: >If I'm all that offensive, I'll quit the list. I know I've been posting a >lot the past week or so, and I'll try to slow down a bit and think harder >whether my comments will be helpful or at least a bit entertaining. I, for one, don't want Eric or anyone else to leave the list. Collectively there is a tremendous wealth of knowledge to share with each other. Losing some of this knowledge base would be a shame. I come to the list to learn things I can't get information about elsewhere...and we've been sharing this information profusely lately. OTOH Perhaps we can all think more carefully about the bandwidth we take up each time we hit the REPLY and SEND buttons on our mailers. I have tried every which way to filter threads in which I'm not interested and to only open mail in threads in which I am interested. Can't tell you how many times I'll open a piece of this 'good' mail only to find something like: "oh yeh Zyx, last time I tried that..." I've also opened lots of pieces in threads I wasn't interested in only to find the subject matter had totally changed (but not made evident in the subject line) and there was some great kernel of wisdom. And I really can't open every one of the 100+ letters I get each day from the group. This list now has over 500 subscribers. I intend to remain one of them. I also intend to keep on topic and to try to respect other folks' mailboxes. Perhaps we could all try to keep our responses germain and substantive rather than just banter. We could also be more thoughtful so that when we do reply, if our response changes the subject upon which the thread was originally based that we make a change to the subject line to reflect that divergence. Regards, Curt