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runwayrex(at)juno.com
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 Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 5:43 am Post subject: Forum overload |
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Hi Guys and Gals,
Maybe I'm alone on this, but I don't think so. I find that if I leave my computer for a day that my screen is FILLED with forum emails. As much as I love staying informed and up to date, a large portion of these emails are personal conversations between two people that have nothing to do with the rest of us. Every listing has the personal email address of the lister. I have often used these to send a message to that person without making everybody have to read through it. I understand that it doesn't take all day to delete messages, but it's not often easy to tell what's for all of us and what's just a personal conversation by just the subject.
Just an idea. What do the rest of you guys think?
Rex Phelps in Michigan (Model 3 with a 912UL)
-- Lynn Matteson <lynnmatt(at)jps.net> wrote:
--> Kitfox-List message posted by: Lynn Matteson <lynnmatt(at)jps.net>
Yeah, same here, Deke, we got just enough to make footprints stand out
for about an hour, then gone. But it was coming down so hard as to make
viewing across the road almost impossible.
Hey, I just noticed that you have achieved "International"status at
your home airport...does that mean I need to get endorsed for Class B
airspace before expecting to land there? : )
Lynn
do not archive
On Saturday, October 14, 2006, at 07:33 AM, Fox5flyer wrote:
[quote] --> Kitfox-List message posted by: "Fox5flyer" <fox5flyer(at)i-star.com>
Other than a little "dust" we didn't get any accumulation here Lynn,
fortunately. I'm neither mentally, nor physically prepared to deal
with
that crap yet, but at some point I guess I'd best start thinking about
it.
The longer it holds off the longer I can still fly out of my strip.
Deke
NE Michigan
Mikado International Airport
do not archive
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Malcolmbru(at)aol.com
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| Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 5:59 am Post subject: Forum overload |
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what do I think ?at first my responce was to be please lets NOT have 75 responcess to this statement. but to late for that. the do not archive is a real good option not to many people use eather. I agree with rex. I often respond off line the only one I ever had come back is from the man that wantes to barrow a trailer I responded and got some spam filter I was requested to apply for. AND I have a trailer he can use here in michigan but was put off by the request. yet I need to filter throu 14 e mails on the topis for days. mal
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Float Flyr
Joined: 19 Jul 2006
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Location: Campbellton, Newfoundland
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| Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 6:55 am Post subject: Forum overload |
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I just download the E-Mail headers and decide which topics I want to follow, the rest get deleted off my POP server. I know it can look daunting when you see two hundred + E-Mails in your in box but I can go through them pretty quick.
Noel [quote]
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ddsyverson(at)comcast.net
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| Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 7:02 am Post subject: Forum overload |
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Rex & crewe,
Glad you brought this up. Actually I have been thinking about it for a while
and was wondering if I was the only person beginning to be concerned.
Here is my opinion. The List Administrator has repeatedly posted the list
rules (I think that may be a kind and gentle reminder to coax us into keeping
this thing within bounds so it will stay running) - I don't know that I would
call them rules exactly - rules is a bit too governmentish for me, but they
are practical and common sense guidelines designed to keep the overhead of
electronic storage and personal exchanges within bounds so that the list will
be able to perform its function of technical and motivational information
exchange for builders and pilots of Kitfox aircraft.
If we get careless and add to the overhead too much, there is a chance that
either the cost of running the list will go up for the administrators and
consequently affect their ability to sponsor it; or that the list will drift
too far from its original purpose and we will start to lose a contingent of
the builders and pilots of Kitfox aircraft. (no, I don't work for the
administrators; but I have seen what happens with overloaded computer systems
and it ain't much different than overloading or misbalancing an airplane
except that is is not quite as hard on one's physical person).
Personally I think that aviation folks, in particular those with enough
motivation to complete and fly experimental aircraft are a select few and a
cut above the rest of humanity. I also believe that along with being in that
category, we are a bunch who understand common sense and can figure what we
need to do to keep what we like.
I believe a little introspection and common sense will help us keep this forum
as a continuing source of technical and motivational information exchange for
builders and pilots of Kitfox aircraft.
And.... the little "Do Not Archive" thing ... really helps keep the archives
organized.
Humbly and Sincerely,
Dave S
St Paul, MN
DO NOT ARCHIVE
On Saturday 14 October 2006 8:40 am, Rexster wrote:
| Quote: | Hi Guys and Gals,
Maybe I'm alone on this, but I don't think so. I find that if I leave my
computer for a day that my screen is FILLED with forum emails. As much as I
love staying informed and up to date, a large portion of these emails are
personal conversations between two people that have nothing to do with the
rest of us. Every listing has the personal email address of the lister. I
have often used these to send a message to that person without making
everybody have to read through it. I understand that it doesn't take all
day to delete messages, but it's not often easy to tell what's for all of
us and what's just a personal conversation by just the subject. Just an
idea. What do the rest of you guys think?
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alnanarthur(at)sbcglobal.
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| Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 7:15 am Post subject: Forum overload |
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Yes, and also change "the Subject when you change the subject".
Al Arthur
On Oct 14, 2006, at 1:40 PM, Rexster wrote:
| Quote: | Hi Guys and Gals,
Maybe I'm alone on this, but I don't think so. I find that if I
leave my computer for a day that my screen is FILLED with forum
emails. As much as I love staying informed and up to date, a large
portion of these emails are personal conversations between two
people that have nothing to do with the rest of us. Every listing
has the personal email address of the lister. I have often used
these to send a message to that person without making everybody
have to read through it. I understand that it doesn't take all day
to delete messages, but it's not often easy to tell what's for all
of us and what's just a personal conversation by just the subject.
Just an idea. What do the rest of you guys think?
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runwayrex(at)juno.com
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| Posted: Sat Oct 14, 2006 7:28 am Post subject: Forum overload |
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Noel and the rest,
I think we all do that. It's just that even when I go through the topics I'm interested in, I often find that the conversation has drifted to stuff that has nothing to do with the rest of us (or even Kitfoxes). I'm just saying that we need to ask ourselves before sending a message is, "Should this go out to everybody or just the one person I'm talking to"?
Rex Phelps in Michigan
-- "Noel Loveys" <noelloveys(at)yahoo.ca> wrote:
I just download the E-Mail headers and decide which topics I want to follow, the rest get deleted off my POP server. I know it can look daunting when you see two hundred + E-Mails in your in box but I can go through them pretty quick.
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