>

What follows is a repost of my FAQ.  If there are no objections I will repost this
periodically especially when the volume of people quitting the list is high.

Charlie

>
> FAQ
>
> Q  The PARKINSN List overwhelms my e-mail box so that other mail gets
> lost in the large number of list posts.  What can I do short of leaving
> the list to manage the volume of mail that I get and read it at my
> leisure?
>
> A The PARKINSN list has over 1800 subscribers (at the time of this
> revision).  Even though many of our members choose not to actively
> contribute this large membership results in hundreds of contributions
> per week.  Since we want to make the list serve the varying needs of as
> large a percentage of the PD community as possible and to have fun there
> will inevitably be large numbers of posts that you will find that you
> don't have time for or are not interested in.  You will find specific
> subjects or  people whose posts you want to read and those that you
> would just as soon skip.
>
> What follows is a list of suggestions of ways to approach the list
> volume and following this are further FAQ's describing each method in
> more detail.
>
> All rely on a heavy but hopefully selective finger on the delete key.
>
>    1.  Allow list messages to mix with other mail.  This requires a fair
> amount of time and almost daily review of email.  It can also work if
> you don't use e-mail for anything else.  But, if you let messages build
> up in your mailbox a few days you may find yourself losing your non-list
> mail in the age volume that the list generates.
>
>    2. If you have more than one e-mail address you can put all PARKINSN
> related material in one address and download it as a separate logged-in
> individual.  This requires one to think ahead and download from the
> address only when you are logged on for PD.
>
>    3. Use the DIGEST function incorporated into the list.  This takes
> care of the problem but when it bunches all the correspondence from the
> day into one or two long messages.  It makes it harder to read and
> harder to delete from since you have to delete all or none.  It also
> becomes less spontaneous since there may be as long as 24 hours between
> Digests.
>
>    4. (RECOMMENDED) Create a separate mailbox within you own computer
> just
> for list mail. Each mail program is different but most have this
> ability.  This separates list and non-list mail using filters from list
> mail. Then one can go through all the list mail at your leisure,
> allowing it to build up for a few days or responding immediately.
>
> I use netscape so I will describe how to accomplish #4 with that e-mail
> program.  If you wish info as to other programs you can ask on the list
> and hopefully they will be incorporated in this FAQ.
>
> Instructions for NETSCAPE
>
> 1. Open Communicator
> 2. Pull-down Menu click Communicator then Messenger (Or cntl+2)
> 3. Pull down EDIT then choose MESSAGE FILTERS.
> 4. A Message box Entitled Message filters will open Click NEW
> 5. A Message box will open entitled FILTER RULES
> 6. Fill in filter name PARKINSN
> 7. (Click) MATCH ALL OF THE FOLLOWING the (select) TO  of the message
> (select)    CONTAINS PARKINSN (type in with exact spelling) then
> (select) MOVE TO  FOLDER      (click) New folder.
> 8. A box comes up "new folder". (Type) name: PARKINSN Create as
> Subfolder of    (Click) INBOX  (Click) OK. (click) OK. (Click) OK.
> 9. That should do it.
>
> Charles T. Meyer,  M.D.
> Middleton (Madison), Wisconsin
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