[epub] No mail and possible reasons why

[Deborah Carney <dc@xxxxxxxxx>]

At 07:35 PM 6/20/00 +0000, you wrote:
>On the other hand, the subscriber numbers at eGroups DOES include those who
>have elected to receive NO MAIL.  This is handy for those going on vacation to
>avoid filling their box while they are away, but many forget to reactivate
>their mail.   I try to monitor the situation and occasionally delete those who
>have elected the "no mail" option.
>
>This is important to remember when downloading the mailing list (which should
>be done everyweek as a backup).... if you ever do have to mail to that list
>you will need to remember to remove those who don't want to receive email.  I
>would just as soon not have the "no email" option -- what's the point of
>subscribing to something you don't want to read??

I have gone no mail on a great many of my mailing lists for a variety of 
reasons.  Hard drive space is one of them, I like to keep everything that 
shows up in my mailbox :-)  So I use eGroups as an archive.  I have many 
lists on nomail and not just when I am on vacation.  I also travel a lot on 
weekends and would be changing my subscriptions every monday and thursday 
or friday.

Don't discount those on no mail, the other part of it is "web only" and 
many of us actually do go into eGroups and read it on the web. Perhaps 
eGroups needs to look into tracking this for list owners so they realize 
that folks are reading it on the web and not ignoring it?

Debbie
http://www.loxly.com/mailing-lists.htm



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