list slowdown

James Wynn · 16 Aug 2010, 23:15 · from 2010-August.txt.gz

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From: crushtv at gmail.com (James Wynn)
Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2010 18:15:36 -0500
Subject: (urth) list slowdown
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  Mark,

Label me chastened.

I hereby promise to play by the rules from now on. Although I'm doing it 
"by rote" without any real comprehension of the problems of those who 
want it to slow down. Do people read all their mail on line? I thought 
IMAP systems like gmail had made that unnecessary. Do they feel a 
genuine need to follow every thread from start to finish? Can't you just 
create a rule to put anything with "urth" in the in a separate folder?

Perhaps people want to feel like they can walk away from their email for 
three days without being left behind in the discussion. I suppose I get 
that.

I don't change titles at all anymore although it's beyond me why it 
matters. If anything, I like a proliferation of titles because I can 
quickly decide if I want to read it.

Oh well, this is the last you'll hear from me today and I'll limit 
myself to below quota tomorrow.

u+16b9

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