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> 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 > [log in to unmask] > **********************************************************************