[HANASHIR:9150] listserve note

[ItaSara <ItaSara...>]

In a message dated 5/22/01 3:00:09 AM, hanashir (at) shamash(dot)org writes:

<< Many people have already dropped out of the listserve because they are 
finding their email filled with extraneous (though sometimes very 
interesting) notes and can't afford the time to read them.
 >>

I happen to find some of the extraneious information useful and interesting, 
and I myself would not leave the list because of a little digression, which 
is all related to Judaism. What I think is discouraging is the extraneious 
repeated text and code. I belong to several listserves and this is the only 
one that has all this extraneious repeated text. On of the most helpul 
listserves I belong to (an Apple users group), all the writers (at least most 
of them) when responding put the topic of the response in the subject 
heading, so that if it is one of non interest, it can be deleted instead of 
taking the time to read it. Even responding to digests, changing the subject 
line to reflect the topic makes a BIG difference in the amount of time I 
spend reading. 
E Lerner
Rochester Ny

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