Dealing with the list was Re: OBNatlang: German Pronunciation

On Friday 29 August 2003 04:42 am, Carsten Becker wrote:
> Concerning the mailing list: oh boy, I got 130 emails just from this
> mailing list ... that's really much! Is there a possibility like in a forum
> to only subscribe the topics/treads you're really interested in? I'm also
> new to mailing lists, you know.
        Bah. This is nothing. This is, believe it or not, a *very* slow month.
Usually we get between 75-100 messages a day (although it looks as though
with Christophe back, we're quickly ramping up to that again. :) There is a
way to filter out some of the noise, however. If you go to
http://listserv.brown.edu/archives/cgi-bin/wa?SUBED1=conlang&A=1 you will see
a section marked "Topics"; if you want to reduce the amount of traffic you
receive, uncheck "Chat" and "Ot". Of course, this depends upon the kindness
of your fellow conlangers to mark their messages appropriately, which (9
times out of 10) they don't. :)
        In short: check your email at least once every day (otherwise your inbox will
implode into an extremely dense singularity from the combined mass of the
sheer number of messages) and become good friends with your delete key. :)
        In parting, let this be your mantra: "Upon responding to a thread, I will
update the subject line accordingly, so that others may know what the topic
*really* is about. And I shall avoid as a plague all threads that discuss
English pronunciation, which is infinitely varied and chaotic, and therefore
pointless to discuss. And I do solemnly swear to write all my message in
Dutch, the official language of CONLANG."
        Once again, welcome to the list! Please keep your hands and feet inside the
vehicle at all times and hold tightly to the bar in front of you. Should you
feel discomfort at any time, close your eyes until the feeling passes. Enjoy
the ride!
        :Peter
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Oh what a tangled web they weave who try a new word to conceive!