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>> Quite likely the lowest I've ever seen or heard of used. I'm on
>> one list where the limit is 300, and it has been freed a few times, though
>> not often.
> GACK! That's incredible. What's the topic and how do most members
> handle the load?
I sometimes had to free WORDS-L when its daily threshold was at 200. I
don't think I've had to since I changed it to 300 a year or so ago. Right
now it's averaging something pretty low -- under 100 messages a day. I
consider anything under 100 per day a low-traffic list.
People handle list loads in different ways. How much list mail I read
depends to some extent on my schedule at the time. On days like today
when I can find a few minutes to read e-mail during the middle of the
day, my reading load will be lower during my usual e-mail time at night.
If things get so busy that I don't have as much time for e-mail at night
(and before 7 a.m. -- my other prime reading time), I delete lots of
list mail after the first screen. It helps that I have a voice-data
modem at home that allows me to read mail at 19,200 baud. But I somehow
managed it before that with my 2400-baud modem -- and before that at
1200. I guess what it boils down to is that we tend to find time to do
the things that are really important to us. I read e-mail during times
when many people are watching tv or sleeping.
--Natalie ([log in to unmask])
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