Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2008/01/26
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]I don't agree completely. I have never built up a backlog of 4048 unread messages, but have been over 1000 when coming home from a trip where internet was not available on a daily basis (I tend to avoid such trips, but at times it happens). If I just deleted everything, I might miss some really good stuff--after all, that is why I am on the LUG! So I have a modified procedure: 1) Look at the subject lines--if it sounds uninteresting, for example "which Visoflex lens is best", then just delete the whole thread 2) Look at very long threads, maybe just read the first message--if a thread is longer than, say, 20 messages, then it probably means that it has degenerated into a food fight and is not worth reading 3) Read all messages from Brian, no matter what--he is the deity behind the list. 4) The above 3 steps will likely have reduced the size of the inbox by 75%. For the remaining 25%: 5) Pour a generous single malt and go through them in my normal fashion (repeat the single malt as needed). Cheers, Nathan On 25-jan-2008, at 19:04, Ted Grant wrote: > Pablo Kolodny wrote: > >>>> found 4048 messages. > >> Maybe you got some good recipe to let me catch up.<< > > Pablo mon ami, It's so simple follow these instructions and you'll > have them > all looked after in the blink of an eye! > > 1/ Click select all! > > 2/ Click Delete all! > > See how easy that was? :-) > > If you consider there's probably nothing but LUG and other photo > list stuff > there and your life isn't in peril if you don't read them, please > follow the > above simple instructions. Works every time for me and I'd bet > hundreds of > others on list considering the great number of posts. > > Now if you have absolutely nothing better to do with your life for > the next > several weeks but breath, then start opening and reading. > > If you do open and read them all, when you reach the end you'll > surely ask > yourself "why was I so stupid to waste all that time?" However I > can't even > imagine doing it. > > So just get on with it, Select all- Delete all and you'll feel much > better! > :-) And nothing of life threatening nor world shattering > information will be > lost! Just do it, sit back, relax and have a beer! :-) > > ted > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > Nathan Wajsman nathan@nathanfoto.com General photography: http://www.nathanfoto.com http://www.greatpix.eu http://www.frozenlight.eu Picture-A-Week: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://www.fotocycle.dk/blog