Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!rutgers!ucla-cs!zen!ucbvax!DRCVAX.ARPA!graham From: graham@DRCVAX.ARPA Newsgroups: comp.os.vms Subject: TOO MANY MESSAGES? Message-ID: <8709221610.AA07089@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> Date: Mon, 21-Sep-87 13:12:00 EDT Article-I.D.: ucbvax.8709221610.AA07089 Posted: Mon Sep 21 13:12:00 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 24-Sep-87 05:28:34 EDT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Reply-To: Organization: The ARPA Internet Lines: 33 > Come on people! I logged on today [Monday] and had 158 mail message >85% of which were info-vax... Hmmmmmm, I logged in this morning [Monday] and had 89, 43 of which were info-vax. I ftp'd the current archive file and found I had all of them. You must have a triplicating mailer. > I realize that we all think our own problems are important. Also, >please note that I'm not trying to discourage legitimate questions. BUT >PLEASE, can we lower the traffic here... I agree that there have been a few rather inane or trite questions here, but the VAST majority are indeed legitimate. There are few, if any VAX questions which are unique. I find that at least 60% of the questions are ones I've either had, have, or anticipate having. Sometimes the volume does get a little hectic. I offer the following suggestions: 1. All contributers should use a good subject line. (They have been MUCH better as of late.) 2. Someone, (I know, me, because I am bringing it up...) could write a little DCL or program that would take a mail EXTRACT/ALL file and scan the subject lines, letting you know just what's of interest. The program could be further enhanced to delete the ones not wanted, perhaps via some SMG$ screen manipulation. --Dan Graham GRAHAM@DRCVAX.ARPA Vini, Vidi, Hacki ------