Re: Info Overload

["Jessica N. Lange" <jlange -at- OHIOEE -dot- COM>]

Hello, Sue

I had same problem. Plus, there are threads I'm not interested in, and the
digest makes it harder to skip. My solution: 1. stop using digest, and 2.
use Outlook Express (comes free with IE4).

Reasons to use Outlook Express (or other sophisticated email utility):
    1. filters - every post from TechWr-L goes into its own folder. (also
the winhlp-L posts, and others)
    2. ability to group by subject, so posts on same thread are easy to
identify and read/not read.
    3. preview pane. Although I don't use it, others may. Being able to read
the first few lines of a post lets you know pretty quickly whether you want
to read the rest of it or not.
    4. folder organization. Posts I want to keep get dragged into various
other folders, for example, I save every *solution* for HTML Help that I
find: it's faster than searching the web Archive.

HTH

Jessica N. Lange
Technical Communicator
Ohio Electronic Engravers, Inc.
mailto:jlange -at- ohioee -dot- com



Sue Krol wrote:
>I get the "digest" version of this subscriber list--because I previously
>missed more important e-mail that seemed to get buried in the tons of
>individual mail from this list--<italic>but the digest is so huge it's
>hard to...uh...digest!</italic>  Scrolling through these huge mailings to
>find subjects listed on page one is pretty inefficient. Printing the
>digest wastes way too much paper. Having digest subjects linked to the
>topics could help someday, but does anyone have any suggestions for
>handling this enormous amount of often-useful info until a better way of
>presenting it evolves?
>