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Dear Listfriends, Another attempt to make the list shorter and more accessable for just Parkinon's disease. I must say that I enjoy the jokes and poems very much, but I also realize that the number of messages is growing by day. About 75 a day is way too much. Most of the possibilities to manage the list are already mentioned : 1) digests 2) personal messages no to the list 3) use the subject correctly and don't just reply because it's so easy. 4) if you reply on a message, don't send the whole message you reply on, back to the list 5) do not attach files 6) Keep your message short. I have 2 suggestions A) filter your messages B) a "friends" list A) Outlook Express and Eudora 3.0.5 give both the opportunity to filter your messages. Possibly there are other mailer programs who do the same. I know Eudora the best and in a tekst I can describe you step by step how you can use these filters. If you are interested I can send you the text in which I explain how to use the filters in Eudora and also how to download and install Eudora. B) Make a "Friends of Parkies" list. This list can be used as an exchange list for non PD things. It can be a simple list...no archives .... just a list. One person organizes the list and spreads out the files that (s)he receives for this list Some questions (for a start) : What do you think of a seperate list? Do you want to be on that list? Who will organize this list? What will be on that list? How do we stay connected to the list?