Well, the other option is that we could move these discussions to the "something" list. It seems to me that it is a bit of a toss up as to whether they are directly Rabbit related topics or not. > -----Original Message----- > From: rabbits-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:rabbits-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Marc Hartstein > Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2006 3:29 PM > To: rabbits@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [Rabbits] Whining > > > On Thu, Jul 27, 2006 at 02:10:18PM -0400, ragtimejean wrote: > > Josh, > > I just deleted about 35 e-mails. Is there some way to request Rabbits > > not to Reply to All, when a question is asked by a specific Rabbit, > > e.g., the music demo, the tarot discussions. > > There is clearly some value in being able to ask a question of a > > collection of similar interest people, but to have each of those > > respond to everyone else clogs up e-mail for those who are not > > interested in the original question. If a general discussion forum is > > desired for Rabbits, perhaps that could be set up as a separate chat > > room that you have to actually go to to participate. > > Any advice welcome. End of whining. > > Drama Mama > > Drama Mama, > > These topics (and the Binary Homeworlds conversation going on over on > the Icehouse list) are appropriate to the lists they're on, and they > benefit from list-wide discussion. Replying to the list seems > appropriate to me for all of them. > > If the amount of traffic is getting in your way, you might want to > consider tools to manage it at your end. I use filters to put all the > list traffic into its own mailbox, where I can read it when I feel like > it but don't have it distracting me from personal email which might be > more important. Another option is to switch over to digest mode, where > you'll get an email a day for each list you're subscribed to, containing > a digest of all the messages sent to the list for that day. It cuts > down the amount of traffic into your mailbox significantly, although it > comes at the cost of a delay before you receive things. > > Hope you can figure out a way to use the discussion lists in a way that > makes you comfortable. If you'd like to follow up off-list to talk > about options in more detail, I'd be happy to do so. > > Marc >