[CQ-Contest] High mail volumes

[Tom Haavisto]

Hi Jim

The mail is automatically threaded for me based on the subject - makes
ignoring certain topics a breeze.  Personally, I find when a
conversation continues for an extended series of postings, old stuff
starts getting thrown in the mix and the quality and interest level of
the postings goes down hill from there.  Thats just me, and others may
feel differently on the subject.  On the other hand, some threads
continue for an extended period, and continue to offer interesting
information.

Anyway - just thought I would throw that out there to give it a try as
a possible solution.  Works well for me :-)

When folks drop off the mailing lists, I figure we all loose - the
insight of the person who left, and any solutions he/she might
contribute down the road, and they loose the benefit of any postings
while they are gone.

Tom - VE3CX



On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 12:57 PM, Jim Reisert AD1C
<jjreisert at alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> Hi Tom,
>
> I'm not sure the issue is storage space.  When there is a big
> discussion like SS, other issues get buried in the noise.  So
> depending on how your receive/filter your E-mail, it might be hard for
> people to find the needle in the haystack (i.e. non-SS related
> postings), without having to read (or at least scan) every incoming
> message from the reflector.
>
> 73 - Jim AD1C
>
> On Wed, Nov 19, 2008 at 8:05 AM, Tom Haavisto <kamham69 at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Over the past year or so (the time I have been subscribed to this
>> mailing list), I have noticed a few high volume discussions take
>> place.  During, and sometimes after, one or two folks will send a
>> message indicating they need to drop off this list due to the high
>> volume of postings.  No doubt, others silently drop off the list for
>> the same reason.
>>
>> As a suggestion, might I recommend Gmail?  This is the Google webmail
>> application.  Its free, and allows folks to store over 7 gigs of
>> email.  No – I have no financial interest in Google, and no, this is
>> not a sales pitch.  Rather – I have found Gmail to be the answer I was
>> looking for when it comes to high-volume mailing lists, and lets me
>> stay subscribed when my email account would otherwise become unusable.
>>  Discussions that have the same topic are automatically threaded, and
>> if you have no interest in it, easy to delete.  By the same token, you
>> can delete large numbers of postings easily.
>>
>> For example, I subscribe to the 3830 mailing list.  Now there is a
>> busy list after a contest!  I did not participate in the SS, but I was
>> able to easily find all the post SS postings and delete them as they
>> were of no interest to me.  I did enter the CQWW, and have enjoyed
>> reading the 3830 postings.  Everyone can decide what works best for
>> them.
>>
>> Anyway – if the volume of postings here poses an issue, you might
>> consider using Gmail, or another webmail service.  For me, I found it
>> made a huge difference.
>
> --
> Jim Reisert AD1C/Ø, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.us
>