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  #21  
Old August 30th 04, 09:13 PM
Frank Krygowski
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DRS wrote:

You're using OE. You can create message rules to delete or mark as read
almost anything. You can do it if the subject line contains the word
"helmet" or you can be more specific. Or, if you're actually interested in
a particular topic or posts from a particular person you can set them the be
highlighted by colour. There are other options as well.


For most threads, I use a far simpler technique: I simply don't read
the messages.

I'm always puzzled when others imply they don't do this. Is that caused
by a particular newsreader, or is it some personal thing?


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Old August 30th 04, 10:26 PM
DRS
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"Frank Krygowski" wrote in message

DRS wrote:

You're using OE. You can create message rules to delete or mark as
read almost anything. You can do it if the subject line contains
the word "helmet" or you can be more specific. Or, if you're
actually interested in a particular topic or posts from a particular
person you can set them the be highlighted by colour. There are
other options as well.


For most threads, I use a far simpler technique: I simply don't read
the messages.


That is always an option. I do it with many threads in here. I select a
post somewhere near the top and use the mouse wheel to scroll down the
headers until I come to something that looks vaguely interesting and then I
"Mark as Read" everything inbetween. (Shift-Click selects a contiguous range
in Windows).

I'm always puzzled when others imply they don't do this. Is that
caused by a particular newsreader, or is it some personal thing?


Too many people never explore their applications, preferring instead to
criticise them, particularly if they were written by Microsoft. Things like
message rules simply pass them by and then they complain about how useless
their apps are. The same thing goes for reading or not reading things.
It's easier to keep hitting the "Next Unread" button instead of taking
control of your newsreader.

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  #23  
Old August 30th 04, 10:26 PM
DRS
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"Frank Krygowski" wrote in message

DRS wrote:

You're using OE. You can create message rules to delete or mark as
read almost anything. You can do it if the subject line contains
the word "helmet" or you can be more specific. Or, if you're
actually interested in a particular topic or posts from a particular
person you can set them the be highlighted by colour. There are
other options as well.


For most threads, I use a far simpler technique: I simply don't read
the messages.


That is always an option. I do it with many threads in here. I select a
post somewhere near the top and use the mouse wheel to scroll down the
headers until I come to something that looks vaguely interesting and then I
"Mark as Read" everything inbetween. (Shift-Click selects a contiguous range
in Windows).

I'm always puzzled when others imply they don't do this. Is that
caused by a particular newsreader, or is it some personal thing?


Too many people never explore their applications, preferring instead to
criticise them, particularly if they were written by Microsoft. Things like
message rules simply pass them by and then they complain about how useless
their apps are. The same thing goes for reading or not reading things.
It's easier to keep hitting the "Next Unread" button instead of taking
control of your newsreader.

--

A: Top-posters.
Q: What is the most annoying thing on Usenet?


  #24  
Old August 31st 04, 01:40 AM
Mike Kruger
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Good idea. There doesn't seem to be a way to filter out top posters, though.

"DRS" wrote in message
...

That is always an option. I do it with many threads in here. I select a
post somewhere near the top and use the mouse wheel to scroll down the
headers until I come to something that looks vaguely interesting and then

I
"Mark as Read" everything inbetween. (Shift-Click selects a contiguous

range
in Windows).


"Frank Krygowski" wrote in message


For most threads, I use a far simpler technique: I simply don't read
the messages.



  #25  
Old August 31st 04, 01:40 AM
Mike Kruger
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Good idea. There doesn't seem to be a way to filter out top posters, though.

"DRS" wrote in message
...

That is always an option. I do it with many threads in here. I select a
post somewhere near the top and use the mouse wheel to scroll down the
headers until I come to something that looks vaguely interesting and then

I
"Mark as Read" everything inbetween. (Shift-Click selects a contiguous

range
in Windows).


"Frank Krygowski" wrote in message


For most threads, I use a far simpler technique: I simply don't read
the messages.



  #26  
Old August 31st 04, 02:16 AM
Claire Petersky
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"Frank Krygowski" wrote in message
...

For most threads, I use a far simpler technique: I simply don't read
the messages.


Do you mark them as read, though? I want to know how many (interesting?)
unread messages are there for me to read. If I didn't mark the helmet
threads as read, then I might think they were new, potentially interesting,
posts.


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  #27  
Old August 31st 04, 02:16 AM
Claire Petersky
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"Frank Krygowski" wrote in message
...

For most threads, I use a far simpler technique: I simply don't read
the messages.


Do you mark them as read, though? I want to know how many (interesting?)
unread messages are there for me to read. If I didn't mark the helmet
threads as read, then I might think they were new, potentially interesting,
posts.


--
Warm Regards,

Claire Petersky
please substitute yahoo for mousepotato to reply
Home of the meditative cyclist:
http://home.earthlink.net/~cpetersky/Welcome.htm
Personal page: http://www.geocities.com/cpetersky/
See the books I've set free at: http://bookcrossing.com/referral/Cpetersky



  #28  
Old August 31st 04, 03:52 AM
Frank Krygowski
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Claire Petersky wrote:

"Frank Krygowski" wrote in message
...


For most threads, I use a far simpler technique: I simply don't read
the messages.



Do you mark them as read, though?


Not usually. In fact, almost never. I just don't read them.


I want to know how many (interesting?)
unread messages are there for me to read. If I didn't mark the helmet
threads as read, then I might think they were new, potentially interesting,
posts.


I just go by the subject line, and by switching back & forth between
messages sorted by date, by thread, and (sometimes) by subject line.

FWIW, I'm using Netscape's newsreader. I don't know much about
Outlook's, and don't want to learn. But in Netscape, I can mark a
thread as one to "watch," then easily call up a display of only "watched
threads with unread." Sort of a white list.

But I rarely even bother with that. I start with the date sorted list
of all posts. When I see a subject line I'm following, I switch to
thread sorting and follow responses. When I'm done with that thread, I
go back to date sorting.

There may be a better way, but in any case, I'm never going to read
_every_ post!

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replace with cc.ysu dot edu]

  #29  
Old August 31st 04, 03:52 AM
Frank Krygowski
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Claire Petersky wrote:

"Frank Krygowski" wrote in message
...


For most threads, I use a far simpler technique: I simply don't read
the messages.



Do you mark them as read, though?


Not usually. In fact, almost never. I just don't read them.


I want to know how many (interesting?)
unread messages are there for me to read. If I didn't mark the helmet
threads as read, then I might think they were new, potentially interesting,
posts.


I just go by the subject line, and by switching back & forth between
messages sorted by date, by thread, and (sometimes) by subject line.

FWIW, I'm using Netscape's newsreader. I don't know much about
Outlook's, and don't want to learn. But in Netscape, I can mark a
thread as one to "watch," then easily call up a display of only "watched
threads with unread." Sort of a white list.

But I rarely even bother with that. I start with the date sorted list
of all posts. When I see a subject line I'm following, I switch to
thread sorting and follow responses. When I'm done with that thread, I
go back to date sorting.

There may be a better way, but in any case, I'm never going to read
_every_ post!

--
--------------------+
Frank Krygowski [To reply, remove rodent and vegetable dot com,
replace with cc.ysu dot edu]

 




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