Re: How do YOU read midrange-l?

[Pete Helgren <Pete@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I don't know how efficient it is but I use the Thunderbird mail client.  
It's very similar to Outlook (I assume.  I stopped using Outlook about 5 
years ago)

My only dilemma is when to purge messages.  I sometimes like to search 
using the Thunderbird search tool but that is only useful for the email 
I have hung on to.

Pete


Urbanek, Marty wrote:
> Just curious how other members of this community read midrange-l, i.e.
> by what mechanism do you read and post?
>
> I have always used digest mode + plain text because I don't want to be
> interrupted with email every two seconds and this combination lets me
> quickly scroll to the posts I want to read. But lately, even digest mode
> is becoming tough to keep up with. 
>
> Some people post [seems like] the entire history of the thread to which
> they are replying, so today, for example, I am receiving a digest mode
> email every 8 - 15 minutes and they only contain a few new messages
> because some of the posts include so much history. I usually just post
> one previous message (the one I am immediately replying to), but I can
> see the logic in doing it the other way.
>
> This isn't meant to be a criticism of anybody. I'm just wondering what
> other people do to manage these messages so they can monitor the
> discussions without making a full-time job of it.
>
> Thanks,
> -Marty
>