Leonard's posting made me think that I probably should have sent
the attached off-list reply to Wes' complaint "on-list" as other
(new or old) list members might also find some tips in it...

By the way, I *do* second Gavin's plea to all posters to *not*
include a whole thread's history (ie previous replies or original
posting) in their comments, but to strip down the quoting to as
much as appropriate to understand the points/aspects being replied
to. Excessive quoting/appending is a major pain for those reading
HP3000-L in digest mode as well as non-digest mode as well as the
users of Bruce Toback's excellent "threaded archives"...

Lars.


___ snippets from my former off-list reply follow ___

Wes wrote:
>I just joined today and am overwhelmed by the amount of <<GARBAGE>> coming
>through this mailing list. I enjoy a few personal notes here and there, but
>I have received over 120  e-mail JUST FROM THIS LISTING IN ONE DAY. I don't
>know about the rest of you, but I don't have time to read all of this.

indeed, there is lot's of noise on HP3000-L, although sometimes even
the noise (ie non-HP3000-related) can be educational or entertaining.
But it can be overwhelming by eMail. Have you tried alternate access?

 http://www.interex.org/3000lsum/summary.html
 http://www.optc.com/Webbot/

http://www.dejanews.com/bg.xp?level=comp.sys.hp.mpe
 news:comp.sys.hp.mpe

One of the different access methods might be more convenient for you,
especially if you do not have a seperate eMail intray for HP3000-L mail
or some eMail client that allows semi-automatic folder-placement for
incoming messages.

Another option might be setting your HP3000-L subscription to either
digest mode (one big message per day) or index mode (only subjects).