I recently signed up to use the LUG. What I receive seems like random emails--unrelated to each other, except that they quote previous random emails. Is there no way to receive the information grouped/organized by topic, or at least see all the replies to a given question in one sequence?

-- Jim Lennon (jim@jmlennon.com), May 12, 2002

Answers

Suscribe to the digest to receive only one daily email.

To subscribe, just send a plain-text message to majordomo@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us whose contents are subscribe leica-users-digest.

-- Bert Keuken (bkkn@wanadoo.nl), May 12, 2002.

Thanks for the "digest" suggestion. I had the same problem and unsubscribed within an hour after joining due to the massive random mailings I received. Most appreciated.

-- Todd Frederick (fredrick@hotcity.com), May 12, 2002.

massive random mailings... yes that's the LUG alright!

-- Bert Keuken (bkkn@wanadoo.nl), May 12, 2002.

Geez, but some of those guys go on a bit !! I got sick of all the childish bickering and as a result have got behind with looking at the posts - I now have nearly 10,000 unread messages in the LUG folder. The digest sounds a sensible idea.

Time for the deletions axe to strike, hehe :o)

-- Tim Franklin (tim_franklin@mac.com), May 12, 2002.

I got sick of all the childish bickering...

So did I and what made me unsubscribe was the fact that there is a number of people thinking they own the LUG to such extent that they can't suppress the urge to respond to every question asked.

While there's a lot of knowledge to be found among the LUG'ers I find the high volume of off-topic subjects quite annoying.

-- Bert Keuken (bkkn@wanadoo.nl), May 12, 2002.

at least see all the replies to a given question in one sequence?
You can read the LUG posts on the web   http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/

-- Fred Sun (redsky3@yahoo.com), May 12, 2002.

Forget the LUG. Its a waste of time, full of folks that just rip the shit outta each other and then resort to talking about camera bags. Waste of bandwith if you ask me.

Rich.

-- Richard Davis (rosti@nyc.com), May 12, 2002.

subscribe only if you don't mind a signal-to-noise ratio of 20:80 or less.

-- Andrew (mazurka@rocketmail.com), May 12, 2002.

I would agree that the LUG is a waste of time and how much of your day do you want to spend online anyway?

However, for mailing lists of value, I would argue against the digest. The problem with the digest is that if there is a particular subject line that interests you, it's necessary to scan through each digest that might have that and find all the messages on that subject. If you filter into a separate mailbox, you can sort individual messages on subject (and bulk delete on subject too) and just read what interests you.

-- Jeff Spirer (jeff@spirer.com), May 12, 2002.

Another possible approach is to go to the archives every week or so and quickly scan what's there to confirm that you haven't really missed anything. That's what I do:

http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/

-- Michael Darnton (mdarnton@hotmail.com), May 12, 2002.

Hi-- I also recently unsubscribed LUG. Too much time. I learned alot of stuff in the six months I was on it, but am glad not to be getting it anymore. The signal to noise ratio was way too high. To answer the question...... I use Eudora Pro as an e-mail program. It sorted LUG into it's own mailbox. In the mailbox I could (any time I wanted) sort the mail by author, subject, date or whether it had been opened. My LUG mailbox finally stopped accepting mail after about 35,000 messages and I started a new box. [Eudora's filtering device can also filter certain e-mails (say certain authors) directly into the trash and you never see 'em.] I cannot imagine dealing with LUG (or any Listserve) any other way. Eudora made it manageable. Good luck, John

-- John R. Fulton Jr. (JRFjr@compuserve.com), May 14, 2002.