From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: John Hendy Subject: Re: (OT) How to follow a mailing list with very high activity (like this one here)? Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 07:52:00 -0500 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=089e01538ad8c0690504f73c7fad Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:59508) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WalnO-0002eF-Ix for Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Apr 2014 08:52:03 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WalnN-0003ny-Om for Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Apr 2014 08:52:02 -0400 Received: from mail-oa0-x22e.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4003:c02::22e]:54776) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WalnN-0003nh-Ki for Emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Apr 2014 08:52:01 -0400 Received: by mail-oa0-f46.google.com with SMTP id i7so392100oag.33 for ; Thu, 17 Apr 2014 05:52:00 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: M Cc: emacs orgmode-mailinglist --089e01538ad8c0690504f73c7fad Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Apr 16, 2014 2:29 PM, "M" wrote: > > This is off-topic, but I hope that someone can give me some good advice: > > During the last years, I'be become a real org-mode fan and I want to stay > current and be active in the great org-mode community. > I've subscribed to the orgmode mailinglist about 1,5 years ago and so I have > >17.500 mails in my inbox. > > You really have to be organized very well to deal with so much information! > Is there a tutorial somewhere for good approaches, how to participate > [snip] I must be way simplistic on thus one. I just use gmail. - if something sounds relevant or I possibly know anything about how to help, I open the email. If I was wing about that judgement, I delete it. - either way, from then on replies to that thread show up as flagged important in gmail. For accidental openings, I generally remember the ballpark title and delete follow ups. For relevant notes, I keep them in my inbox until I can chime in to help or try the solution/trick myself. Then I delete. - if I missed something relevant and run into an issue, I Google the problem and generally find the thread again. - if I don't, the ML points in the right direction when I inquire, often due to not knowing the syntax to Google my problem :) For a very small set of things I want around for easy reference, I stick then in an "org" label in gmail. This replicates well between phone and browser, and my first step most mornings is swiping away most emails from the list that came in overnight. John > Kind regards > > Martin > > > --089e01538ad8c0690504f73c7fad Content-Type: text/html; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable


On Apr 16, 2014 2:29 PM, "M" <Elwood151@web.de> wrote:
>
> This is off-topic, but I hope that someone can give me some good advic= e:
>
> During the last years, I'be become a real org-mode fan and I want = to stay
> current and be active in the great org-mode community.
> I've subscribed to the orgmode mailinglist about 1,5 years ago and= so I have
> >17.500 mails in my inbox.
>
> You really have to be organized very well to deal with so much informa= tion!
> Is there a tutorial somewhere for good approaches, how to participate =
>

[snip]

I must be way simplistic on thus one. I just use gmail.

- if something sounds relevant or I possibly know anything a= bout how to help, I open the email. If I was wing about that judgement, I d= elete it.

- either way, from then on replies to that thread show up as= flagged important in gmail. For accidental openings, I generally remember = the ballpark title and delete follow ups. For relevant notes, I keep them i= n my inbox until I can chime in to help or try the solution/trick myself. T= hen I delete.

- if I missed something relevant and run into an issue, I Go= ogle the problem and generally find the thread again.

- if I don't, the ML points in the right direction when = I inquire, often due to not knowing the syntax to Google my problem :)

For a very small set of things I want around for easy refere= nce, I stick then in an "org" label in gmail.

This replicates well between phone and browser, and my first= step most mornings is swiping away most emails from the list that came in = overnight.

John

> Kind regards
>
> Martin
>
>
>

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