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

[Mark Williamson]

I got google mail specifically to read Wikimedia-related lists
originally because even 2 years ago, they were already flooding my
Hotmail inbox.

Hotmail is a service I had used for at least 7 years.

Mark

On 09/03/2008, Brian McNeil <brian.mcneil at wikinewsie.org> wrote:
> 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...).
>
>  _______________________________________________
>  foundation-l mailing list
>  foundation-l at lists.wikimedia.org
>  Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
>
>
>  _______________________________________________
>  foundation-l mailing list
>  foundation-l at lists.wikimedia.org
>  Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/foundation-l
>


-- 
Refije dirije lanmè yo paske nou posede pwòp bato.