And here I thought this thread was about Roofing *filters and their potential to harm a ham's mental stability.*
On Sun, Jul 30, 2017 at 6:45 PM, Drew AF2Z <[email protected]> wrote: > It's quite easy to scan the subject lines of individual emails, sorted by > subject in a mail reader, and instantly deleted en masse if need be, rather > than plowing through a serial listing of random topics in a digest; "speed > reading" or no. > > Also, with the tap of a key one can save the occasional interesting post > for future reference. Can't do that in a digest. > > After all these years on the internet the only slight irritation I have > with email lists are subject lines such as "Question" or "How about this", > etc. I assume that when someone hasn't put any thought into the subject > line the rest of the post will not be worth reading. Such non-specific > topics usually get deleted without further inspection. I don't mind > off-topic posts at all if the subject line is descriptive of the content. > Most list traffic is "off topic" to my narrow individual interests. > > I enjoy quickly sorting the wheat from the chaff with a good mail reader. > It's the email equivalent of a good HF receiver. Both deal with retrieving > information from the noisy channel. Using a mail reader effectively does > require touch typing ability and familiarity with the shortcut keys. If I > had to do it by mouse clicking my way through each individual message in > turn, that would indeed be agonizing. > > The only reason I read the current thread is because I thought the topic > was referring to receiver filters, not email filters. But maybe the above > will help. > > > 73, > Drew > AF2Z > > > > > > On 07/30/17 16:41, Dauer, Edward wrote: > >> At one point during my time teaching law school some of my students >> suggested that drafting regulations when market forces are arrayed against >> you is like playing Whack-a-Mole. Never having heard of it before, I >> looked into it. Apparently Whack-a-Mole is generic for machines found in >> bars where graduate students go, in which the player whacks a plastic mole >> with a rubber mallet only to see another pop up from some other spot on the >> playing field. I didn’t see much point in the game, then or now, other >> than as an outlet for educational frustration or just excess testosterone. >> But the simile was apt. >> >> Can a G-mail or any other filter really identify subjects whose name >> changes from time to time – notice that I changed the title of this thread >> by dropping just one word. Or another example – in how many ways would I >> have to type title descriptions into a filter that would make it block >> posts that try to instruct Elecraft how to run its business? Whack-a-Mole, >> indeed. Conversely, are filters smart enough to allow through those posts >> that use the same name but whose contents have migrated to something >> actually worth reading? My favorite example of that was an excruciatingly >> long thread a couple of years ago about using KX3s for communications on >> motorcycle club rides. I couldn’t care less about the nominal subject – >> but I did learn a good deal about portable use of my KX3. Ditto more >> recently for finding the right grounding point on a Chevy Silverado. Gems >> of all sorts in that one. >> >> My solution is to take the reflector not in individual e-mails but in the >> once or twice daily collected format, whatever that’s called, then do a >> quick speed-read to ID what interests me. I don’t even bother with the >> delete key. For extreme cases the nudging of a human moderator usually >> helps a lot. Works great. >> >> Maybe I am just not yet ready to trust AI to replicate my judgment. Am I >> wrong in that? After all, Whack-a-Mole is a good metaphor for the habit of >> being a Luddite too. >> >> Ted, KN1CBR >> >> >> Message: 1 >> Date: Sat, 29 Jul 2017 17:55:46 -0400 >> From: Kevin der Kinderen <[email protected]> >> To: Elecraft Reflector Reflector <[email protected]> >> Subject: [Elecraft] Maintaining Sanity with Gmail Filters >> Message-ID: >> <CAFA9ujtvMzU_F035NtDTJwpiTyQ635EpbwpjCpCaifeQaOO1oA@mail. >> gmail.com> >> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" >> For those with Gmail, the only way I have found to reduce the >> amount of >> reflector emails that don't interest me is to set up a filter. >> The way I do this is to first do a search on the subject I'm no >> longer >> interested in: "K3S Package Discounts" for example. Then, beside the >> search >> field there's a little arrow you can click. The little popup has a >> "Create >> filter with this search" link at the bottom. Click this. The next >> popup >> lets you decide what to do with current and future emails that meet >> the >> criteria. I select mark as read and delete it. I wish it could do >> more with >> the emails but that's another matter. There's a Learn More link if >> you get >> stuck. >> You can filter on many other search criteria such as sender. >> That comes in >> very handy. >> It almost always works. Sometimes the subject changes a little >> and usually >> the digests where the subject is not changed make it through. I >> haven't >> found a better way but I'm open to suggestions. Unsubscribing means >> I lose >> out on some very relevant and otherwise interesting topics. Maybe >> another >> Elecraft list called Elecraft-BS or something? >> Hope some find this helpful. It does reduce the inane >> conversations that >> drag on for hours and days. You may be able to test it with the >> subject of >> this post. It is a perfect example. >> 73, >> Kev K4VD >> >> ______________________________________________________________ >> Elecraft mailing list >> Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft >> Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm >> Post: mailto:[email protected] >> >> This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net >> Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html >> Message delivered to [email protected] >> >> > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] > ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
