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Subject:Re: Info Overload From:Tracy Boyington <tracy_boyington -at- OKVOTECH -dot- ORG> Date:Thu, 29 Jan 1998 08:57:07 -0600
Sue Krol wrote:
>
> Scrolling through these huge mailings to
> find subjects listed on page one is pretty inefficient. Printing the
> digest wastes way too much paper. Having digest subjects linked to the
> topics could help someday, but does anyone have any suggestions for
> handling this enormous amount of often-useful info until a better way of
> presenting it evolves?
Does your email software have a "find" feature? Most do (mine's under
the "edit" menu; it's actually called "find in message"). When you see a
topic in the list that interests you, use "find" to go to the posts with
that topic.
Another good reason to use descriptive subject lines and to change the
subject line when the topic changes! :-)
Tracy
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Tracy Boyington tracy_boyington -at- okvotech -dot- org
Oklahoma Department of Vocational and Technical Education
Stillwater, OK, USA http://www.okvotech.org/cimc/home.htm
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