I use a filter in outlook express that hides all messages that contain "re:"
in the header (View, Current View, Define Views, New).
Then if I read a post, and want to see if someone replied, then I
temporarily disable the filter. It works really well, I feel a lot less
stressed about checking my email now :)
----- Original Message -----
From: "Gonzi 'Fresh' Merchan" <fresh@home.com>
To: <idm@hyperreal.org>
Sent: Tuesday, May 22, 2001 6:46 AM
Subject: [idm] one line posts.... please make it stop
quoted 5 lines There has been a trend I've noticed recently for people (you know who you> There has been a trend I've noticed recently for people (you know who you
> are) to reply to messages with punchlines or to throw their two cents in
> with posts containing only one line. In fact there are some people whose
> sole contribution to the list consists of these one line posts. These are
> often annoyingly attachted to a much larger quoting of an original
message.
quoted 1 line This is not how IDM works. IDM is a mailing list for discussion, this is> This is not how IDM works. IDM is a mailing list for discussion, this is
not
quoted 1 line a chat room nor your personal playground to try and amuse us. In the> a chat room nor your personal playground to try and amuse us. In the
future
quoted 1 line I would encourage those who think 2000 people need to read your single> I would encourage those who think 2000 people need to read your single
line
quoted 9 lines of text to think twice as a significant portion of the noise generated on> of text to think twice as a significant portion of the noise generated on
> the list would be cutdown if only this type of posting was eliminated.
> Thanks, gnz.
>
>
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