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Dear List-family... I find myself agreeing (sort of... read on) with this one, 'cause I believe the List-mail has gotten out of hand as it tends to do periodically. But this is easily correctable IF we're all willing to join together in a spirit of cooperation. This type of problem needs to be addressed a coupla-three times a year, it seems. We go off on tangents and forget to change the "subject " which makes it tough to follow specific threads. We also DO tend to not know when enough's enough in carrying what starts off to be a whimsical/humorous thread and DO tend to verbally beat this kinda subject to death (as in the current "Parkinson's Pigs" topic). Also, many of our newer List members are unaware that it's customary for us to PRIVATELY respond to messages which are SENT to us via private email. There's also been a tendency lately for some of our newer List-members to conduct an entire PRIVATE (as in it's of no particular interest to anyone but whom you're writing to) conversation PUBLICLY on the List, rather than privately via personal email. Because of all that, recent List-mail HAS been mounting up higher and higher each day AND in my opinion, IS getting cluttered with continuous non-relevant-to-most-List-members messages. To those who have serious medical needs that need attention, this kind recent of "bulk non-PD chatter" has GOT to be frustrating. To some other members, it's just plain boring.... BUT - there IS an easy remedy! It's called the DELETE KEY! Provided the writer has accurately described their message in the SUBJECT LINE, all we have to do to rapidly eliminate unwanted or unrelavent List-mail is to take a swipe at that delete key and WHOOOOSHH.... the offending message is shot into Cyberspace (Errrr... until someone who was on vacation for three weeks and FORGOT to set the NOMAIL feature picks up the thread once again from the 5945 List-messages awaiting 'em upon their return from vacation) <grin> Soooo.... dear friends and List-members, please identify your List-messages correctly on the Subject line of each message, delete those messages you don't care to read, and keep private email messages PRIVATE, and there'll be a less messages to deal with and those that remain should be more tailored to your personal needs. Barb Mallut (who's become an intrepid deleter!) [log in to unmask] -----Original Message----- From: janet paterson <[log in to unmask]> To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> Date: Friday, June 18, 1999 12:59 AM Subject: [fwd] No response >hi all > >joseph sent this to me >i think it needs to be shared with the list-family > >janet > >>Return-Path: <[log in to unmask]> >>From: "Joseph Guzaitis" <[log in to unmask]> >>To: <[log in to unmask]> >>Subject: No response >>Date: Thu, 17 Jun 1999 19:22:59 -0000 >> >>TO: Janet Paterson >>Re: Regrets >> >> I have been trying to cope with the list for some time now. My messages >>have not brought responses. I cannot deal with the 3 to 500 postings that >>come every other day. I would like to try the Digest form of the list if it >>sticks strictly to PD matters. I do not have time to sort out the jokes, >>personal messages, religious observances, etc. The list has degenerated to >>a chat format, I'm afraid. If you can get me on the digest format, please >>do. If there is no version of the list that sticks to PD news, please >>unsubscribe me: >> >>[log in to unmask] >> >>PS The list is a good idea but seems to have gotten out of hand. Thanks for >>your help. > >janet paterson >52 now / 41 dx / 37 onset >PO Box 171 Almonte Ontario K0A 1A0 Canada >a new voice http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Village/6263/ >[log in to unmask] >