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kearney(at)shaw.ca
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 Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 4:08 pm Post subject: A question for the list gods |
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I keep telling myself to remember to put “do not archive” in most of my posts but being a mere mortal I keep forgetting. Perhaps we can, by default not archive an email unless it has a tag line something like “archive this pearl of wisdom”. <vbg>. Seriously, I suggest that by default nothing be archived unless specifically marked otherwise.
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Les Kearney
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armywrights(at)adelphia.n
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| Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 5:34 pm Post subject: A question for the list gods |
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Les, this has been discussed before and Matt chimes in to say that text archives very small, don’t worry about forgetting. Keep advancing in your posting and it’ll come to mind when you obviously don’t want to archive something.
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From: owner-rv10-list-server(at)matronics.com [mailto:owner-rv10-list-server(at)matronics.com] On Behalf Of Les Kearney
Sent: Monday, November 20, 2006 6:07 PM
To: rv10-list(at)matronics.com
Subject: A question for the list gods
Hi
I keep telling myself to remember to put “do not archive” in most of my posts but being a mere mortal I keep forgetting. Perhaps we can, by default not archive an email unless it has a tag line something like “archive this pearl of wisdom”. <vbg>. Seriously, I suggest that by default nothing be archived unless specifically marked otherwise.
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Les Kearney
RV10 # 40643 - Vertical Stab
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pitts_pilot(at)bellsouth.
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| Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 6:04 pm Post subject: A question for the list gods |
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Actually Les, that's a good idea. Maybe Matt has a reason to default it this way. You could make a 'signature file' and put 'do not archive' in it. But that would surly confuse those to who you email outside the lists!!!
Linn
Les Kearney wrote:
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I keep telling myself to remember to put “do not archive” in most of my posts but being a mere mortal I keep forgetting. Perhaps we can, by default not archive an email unless it has a tag line something like “archive this pearl of wisdom”. <vbg>. Seriously, I suggest that by default nothing be archived unless specifically marked otherwise.
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Les Kearney
RV10 # 40643 - Vertical Stab
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Matt Dralle
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| Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 7:14 pm Post subject: A question for the list gods |
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Please _don't_ put the "do n*t archive" in your signature file! That seems like a great idea, except that a lot of good stuff doesn't get archived then. Maybe the original post may or may not belong in the archive, but perhaps the 5 follow up responses did and because the string was found at the bottom, none of it gets archived.
A couple of people have asked about reversing the logic of the DNA so that you put something like "please archive" instead. This has been tried and resulted in exactly one message a month getting archived. That's not too good.
Please don't make too big a deal out of this DNA thing. Its just a simple tool I implemented to easily keep obviously useless messages out of the archive. Disk space is cheap these days, and CPU horsepower is up too, so keeping the archives to an absolute minimum isn't so important anymore. That being said, keeping the useless posts out of the archives to improve searching capability is still a good idea. Don't sweat it; just use good discretion.
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Matt Dralle
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At 06:05 PM 11/20/2006 Monday, you wrote:
| Quote: | Actually Les, that's a good idea. Maybe Matt has a reason to default it this way. You could make a 'signature file' and put 'do not archive' in it. But that would surly confuse those to who you email outside the lists!!!
Linn
Les Kearney wrote:
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>I keep telling myself to remember to put “do n*t archive” in most of my posts but being a mere mortal I keep forgetting. Perhaps we can, by default not archive an email unless it has a tag line something like “archive this pearl of wisdom”. <vbg>. Seriously, I suggest that by default nothing be archived unless specifically marked otherwise.
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>Comments?
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>Les Kearney
>RV10 # 40643 - Vertical Stab
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