[Foundation-l] [Fwd: About Alexandria] -> to Usenet ?

[Brian McNeil]

This is an insult to those of us who use software such as Outlook to follow
the list, it simply doesn't have threading. I'm not about to change my email
software which I have over 15 years worth of email in to accommodate people
who can't think twice before clicking "Send". As I ended up shouting about
over 170 messages *in a 12 hour period* you obviously have some warped idea
of what is a reasonable volume to have to deal with.

Oh, and I'm painfully aware that at one or two points I ended up on the top
posters list. That was before incidents like hitting a rate of over 300
emails per day. Following this list isn't meant to be a full-time
occupation.

Brian McNeil

-----Original Message-----
From: foundation-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org
[mailto:foundation-l-bounces at lists.wikimedia.org] On Behalf Of Thomas Dalton
Sent: 09 March 2008 15:02
To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List
Subject: Re: [Foundation-l] [Fwd: About Alexandria] -> to Usenet ?

> This lack of understanding is something you share with other high
>  volume posters.  When important people start to leave the list,
>  you don't see this as a loss.  The only important thing is that
>  you can post, post, post.  Just as the only important thing about
>  Wikimania is whether you can go.  It's all about you, you, you.

As a high volume poster, I certainly see people leaving the list as a
problem. I just don't see myself as being responsible for it. This
list is not that high volume, as long as you use a decent mail client
it's very easy to read the threads you're interested in and ignore the
rest (it would be easier if everyone used a decent mail client and
didn't constantly break threads, of course...).

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