On Wed, 29 Oct 2003, Elton Woo wrote:
On October 29, 2003 11:01 am, Vanco, Don , <"Vanco, Don"
<don.vanco(a)agilysys.com>> wrote:
> Alor wrote:
> > Help me to configure XF86Config for display video on TV using tv-out
> This list
> getting WAY too many support and OT threads going to keep up with it... I
> can appreciate the desire to get TV out working - but this list should not
> be the first place you stop to learn how to do so...
Quite true. You have a very valid point.
> I really wanna help with the Fedora stuff - but damn, 200 emails a
> day is really excessive when the signal-to-noise ratio starts to drop like
Might I suggest the following:
1) Set your mailer to thread messages, that way you can simply skip over
subjects which don't interest you.
2) A better solution: get the list in digest form.
The former method might not really be so good, since some users are
obstinately inclined to top post, thereby confusing those who are new to
the list (*OR* googling for information). Others post either without any
subject line, or without changing the topic appropriately...
Hopefully, this latter method will save both your time and the stress on
your nerves!
Personally, the volume of these lists is way too high for me, and
the S/N ratio is pretty bad. Many have commented both on-list,
in IRC, and in private discussions similarly. Most people either
skim subject lines, or just gang-delete mail I think unless they
see something that interests them jump out.
I use pine's threading (H) to view threads, then scan through
them looking for XFree86/X or X related subjects and generally
ignore almost all other emails myself. I'd like to set up a mail
filter that searches the subject/body for certain keywords and
filters the mails to folders for me while ignoring the bulk of
the lists.
Evolution's vfolders feature aparently is perfect for this,
although I use pine myself. I might start using Evolution in the
future, just for mailing lists alone, and use pine for regular
mail. ;o)
--
Mike A. Harris
ftp://people.redhat.com/mharris
OS Systems Engineer - XFree86 maintainer - Red Hat