[Elecraft] Off-topic, but I need help.

[Don Wilhelm]

Phil,

Right you are!

My email is sorted automatically when it is received (I use Thunderbird 
although other email clients have similar capability).  I put it into 
separate folders with the filters based on something in the subject 
line.  For instance, I use a filter to place all email containing 
[Elecraft] into my Elecraft folder - that gets it out of my Inbox and 
into a folder that could be considered as my own "Elecraft Digest".
I can then read the posts one at a time and delete those not of 
interest, reply to those I want to comment on, or save for future 
reference.  Then I can do a SEARCH if I want to see posts referencing a 
particular topic (or individual).
It gives me a lot of flexibility.

Once a year or so, I trim off all posts older than a year old so the 
folder does not get too big.  I figure if I have not needed anything in 
over a year, I can delete it.

The filtering and searching tools provided by modern email clients give 
one a lot of capability.  It takes a bit of thought to set it up, but 
makes email quite sane and manageable once set up for your needs and 
desires.

Down with the bulletin boards, I can't find anything of value in those!
Nabble is almost as bad, and I don't use it unless I get a link of 
interest, but even then I usually don't find anything valuable there.

73,
Don W3FPR

On 12/29/2018 7:05 PM, Phil Kane wrote:
> On 12/29/2018 12:14 PM, W2xj wrote:
> 
>> It is just that too many do not seem to have fully grasped email after about 3 plus decades.
> 
> When one cuts one's teeth on torn-tape Telex/Teleprinter systems of the
> 1950s/60s, e-mail is the greatest thing since sliced bread.!  And I
> don't have to send a line of BELLS to get the message center to ACK
> receipt of the message!
> 
> Makes me want to fire up the K2 for the next RTTY contest......  :)
>