At 02:37 PM 1/22/96 -0600, Natalie Maynor wrote: >>I guess what we're all saying is that the error messages are one of the largest >>headaches with running a list. There are just too many! They take over our >>Inboxes and cause us to miss work relate email. > >I haven't been following much of this discussion and apologize if my >response is therefore a non sequitur of some kind, but I don't really >understand what the big deal is about error messages. Can't you have >your mail program filter them to a separate file? I don't have error >messages or list mail of any kind cluttering up my personal mail. They're >all in separate files. If I'm busy, I can delete the whole file of error >messages without paying much attention to it. As you say, running lists >is not something we do as part of our jobs, or at least that's the case for >many of us. It's a leisure activity. > Except that I access email through a dialup account, and I may have to download for 5-10 minutes worth of error messages (since each one quotes the entire original message) for 2-3 messages of personal interest. I'd rather sign on in the morning, hit "download" and know that I can get a cup of coffee while the large (but not as large) digest comes in. Philo ====================================================================== Philip B Janus || [log in to unmask] || Think of it as evolution 1E GULC <*> || in action... http://www.radix.net/~philo || ======================================================================