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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