Re: To those who are new to Groups io
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Thank you, Shal. I have changed my messages to "first message only" and will hope that subject lines are clear and concise.
Paul (b&p)
On Fri, Nov 15, 2019 at 2:36 AM Shal Farley < shals2nd@...> wrote: b&p,
?> ... but have been overwhelmed with messages - about 125 a day, ...
In addition to the option to go to Digest or Summary for now, I'll also
recommend having a look on your Subscription page for GMF, in the
Advanced Preferences section (an expander).
Selecting "Following Only", "First Message Also", and "Auto Follow
Replies" together gives you a good way to keep up with the Topics that
are being discussed, without being buried under all the replies to the
topics.
If you find a given Topic to be of interest, click the "Follow Topic"
link that will be in the footer of the message. Then you will receive
all the replies to that Topic.
Of course, this works best when other members choose good Subject lines
for their new topics. ("Help" being the canonical example of a bad
Subject line - it doesn't tell anyone anything about what you need help
with). It also works best when topics don't drift off-topic.
Neither of those ideals are fully realized (at least, not in any help
group I've ever been in), but setting a good example always helps - my
thanks to those that do.
So there's another approach to managing GMF's current tendency to flood
your inbox. Or any other busy group.
Shal
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