Guidelines for the List Serve

[Esther .]

Well, Francoise:

There are tradeoffs. When you limit a list to the substantive postings only,
you lose the friendship and the personal connections. However, I recognize
that some people don't subscribe to the list for that. They subscribe to
learn and be serious about the substance.

For me, the mix is just fine. But it may not be right for you. Having said
that, when I decide that time is too short and I can't read them all, the
"delete" button is very handy.

You see, on the list as well as in person, whatever happens is the only thing
that could!

Best regards
Esther Ewing

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>From  Thu Aug 10 23:32:07 2000
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gotta think twice or thrice before adding my two cents on this one...

i'm plenty swamped and can't always read everything when it happens.  i
try to treat it all like live conversation and use the delete key
without guilt... after all, if we were a roomful of people in open
space, i couldn't possibly hear all the conversations anyway... AND the
new web archiving feature makes it that much easier to blast away with
the delete key, knowing that i can go search for anything substantial
i've really gotta have, like a living proceedings document.  also, i
think having all of us see the thank yous and here-here's helps
encourage others to unlurk with substance that they might otherwise talk
themselves out of posting.

for what it's worth, m

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