Tue, 8 Aug 1995 13:37:23 -0400
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In list.lst on Tue, 8 Aug 1995 09:38:05 -0500,
RE: DEALING WITH ERROR MESSAGES...
"David L. Carlson" <[log in to unmask]> writes:
[...]
> I suspect other listowners have developed
> other ways of dealing with them and I'd like to here them.
[...]
Here's how I handle it:
I handle two listserv lists, Y-RIGHTS and MINISTRY.
I only have one account.
I usually read e-mail/news offline.
1) I have my mailbox online sort by subject.
When I am online and have a few minutes, I delete
the error messages, except for the last of each
group, which usually is the most recent and can
tell me the error that occured.
It is easy to delete a bunch because they are all
in a row. I think I use ELM.
2) Offline. This is where I spend most of my time.
I use YARN for MS-DOS, offline e-mail/news reader
for DOS and OS/2 (SOUP packets).
I set up a filter to look at the From: line for
the word LISTSERV, and dump it into a
pseudo-newsgroup called list.listserv.
Then I can look through the error messages and
other LISTSERV messages at my leisure, and issue
DEL listname -a-user-who-does-not-exist-,
SET listname DIGEST FOR -some-address-with-filled-up-mailbox-,
SET listname NOMAIL FOR -some-person-on-vacation-,
SET listname REPRO FOR -someone-who-wants-to-see-their-messages-,
etc.
It works out pretty well.
So the key for me is:
1) SORTING ONLINE MAILBOX BY SUBJECT
2) FILTERING TO FOLDER/PSEUDO-NEWSGROUP EVERYTHING FROM LISTSERV
That makes list management a more joyful experience :-)
Ken
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current owner of the Children's Rights List <[log in to unmask]>
current owner of the Minister's Discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
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