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Darwin, Don't jump to any conclusions. I love the new way, except, I use my own filter not Janet's. So, some of us complainers are using the new method, just in a different way. The numbers don't tell the whole story. All I wanted several months ago was to have PIG added to subject. We've gone beyond that, but that's fine. Terry from the Madcity ---------- > From: Hawkins, Darwin <[log in to unmask]> > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: Re: LIST/topics > Date: Wednesday, September 01, 1999 4:00 PM > > Maybe it is too early to tell, but the statistics Janet recently published > shows only a very very few opting to filter some of the topics. With all the > hullabaloo in the past few weeks, I guess it was all "full of sound and > fury, signifying nothing"! Could it be that the complainers just can't quite > bring themselves to maybe missing some juicy argument, or a good chuckle, or > maybe some other free for all that makes this list so outstanding, > interesting, and a break from the cares of day to day survival? > > For some previous poster's information. You do not have to save the whole > digest in order to save one or two messages in the digest. If it is in > attachment format, just drag the desired e-mail icons to the desktop (on > anywhere else on your hard drive) and then throw away the total digest. If > in single text format with one message following another, click and drag > through the messages you have read and/or do not want to keep, hit the > backspace key, and voila, it's gone. Then save what's left. Or conversely, > click and drag throught the message you want to keep, copy, and paste > somewhere else (such as a Word file). > > > ---------- > > From: Barb_MSN[SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > > Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 1999 3:09 PM > > Subject: Re: LIST/topics > > > > Thea.... > > > > I can't speak for any new member throwing in the towel > > 'cause of this newest experiment of our List-administration, > > but I CAN speak for myself, and I gotta tell ya, I'M sure > > thinking of saying "To heck with it!" > > > > I'm a member of the "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" school. And > > lately, there's been too many times when attempts have been made > > to "fix" or complicate what isn't broken on the List. > > > > Barb Mallut > > [log in to unmask] > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Gordon Seese <[log in to unmask]> > > To: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]> > > Date: Tuesday, August 31, 1999 6:11 PM > > Subject: LIST/topics > > > > > > > Is there any possibility that a new member, taking a look > > at these > > >complicated instructions will just forget it? > > > We have said, again and again, just delete what you don't > > want.. > > > Just my observation. Remember, Small Is Beautiful or do I > > mean, Simplify, > > >Simplify, simplify--one is Schumacher and the second Thoreau(I > > think).. > > > Regards, Thea Lou Seese > >