[Shotimes] Re: Enough of the OT, see ya....

[David P]

I do the same, and I've been asking MS for years to allow the user to sort
subject by download (sort the messages you just received by subject). It's a
quite simple function that would add tremendous value to outlook, but they
seem to not be interested in providing really useful tools.

What I think I might start doing is stop filtering into folders, and sort
the inbox by subject. I'd need to sort every message to the proper folder
after reading. Since you can't click-and-drag in outlook and therefore must
move each message individually, it might not be worth it.

David P

95MTX



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----- Original Message -----
From: "Ian Fisher" <ianf@eden.rutgers.edu>
To: "'David P'" <jpotter8@bellsouth.net>; <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 22:31
Subject: RE: [Shotimes] Re: Enough of the OT, see ya....


> Re:outlook and reading threads.
>
> I do it the hard way and filter messages into their respective list
> mailboxes. However, I sort them by time/date received. A better way
> would be to sort by subject so that everything can be read in
> continuity.
>
> Thank Bill Murray for that genius tip. I still don't follow it though; I
> am just stuck in my ways, I guess.
>
> Ian
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: shotimes-admin@autox.team.net
> [mailto:shotimes-admin@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of David P
> Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 10:43 PM
> To: shotimes@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Re: Enough of the OT, see ya....
>
>
> Thanks, Jim, I'm glad to hear that I've been able to help others.
>
>     While I don't think we will run out of things to talk about as there
> will always be new SHOwners, even years down the road, it seems to me
> that some of the older members have grown bored of the list due to the
> lack of new topics and ever-present maintenance questions that get
> posted on a continual basis. I've been through this myself, and have
> left a good number of lists during the past decade, as well as
> considering leaving this list a few times. Once you've learned all that
> you need to learn, it's hard to stick around. All the excitement and
> challenge is gone. At the same time, if we are going to continue to
> drive SHO's, many of us need to stay in touch, to help combat the
> uniqueness, obsolescence and brute cost of maintenance for this
> particular car.While typically I prefer no OT on my lists, I agree that
> at times, without OT, there would be no posts on this list.
> Additionally, I'm sure we'd lose a good number of contributing members
> if they had nothing interesting to talk about.
>
>     At the same time, that's not a valid reason to run others off the
> list by being discourteous. I know it's difficult to remember (just ask
> me...), but I think we can make a more concerted effort to be diligent
> with the subject line, and to keep the OT to a reasonable level (Need I
> restate my argument from a few months back, where I noted that 60% of
> all posts were OT?). I've been working on trying to read an entire
> thread (not easy to do in outlook, but possible) before responding,
> instead of sending a different reply to each person, and this includes
> on-topic subjects. Anyone have any other constructive ideas? I'd hate to
> see any number of good members walk if we can avoid it.
>
>     Hope this wasn't too long (but too bad if it was ;)
>
> David P
>
> 95MTX
>
>
>
> ~
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "James F. Ryan III" <av8r567@optonline.net>
> To: "Steve Tatro" <stevetatro@att.net>; <shotimes@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Saturday, February 08, 2003 19:09
> Subject: Re: [Shotimes] Re: Enough of the OT, see ya....
>
>
> > > And if anyone is sooooo upset reading the OT posts, we've all been
> pretty
> > > good about putting "OT" in the subject line lately, so one could
> > > simply filter out all such emails, and never even know they were
> > > there.
> >
> > Yeah, but "pretty good" isn't good enough.
> >
> > Alot of the time a technical thread will go off-topic and noone
> > bothers to simply change the Subject heading.
> >
> > On the flip side of the coin, sometimes a thread that starts out OT
> > will change to a technical discussion and once again noone bothers to
> > change
> the
> > Subject line.
> >
> > I am a vegetarian, so if I were to just delete (without reading) all
> > of these OT posts about "which is the best mayonnaise", "fried bologna
>
> > sandwiches", and "kubasa and lumpkey", I may miss out on some really
> > good technical stuff.
> >
> > When I joined this list, back in the Topica days, everyone was very
> diligent
> > about updating the Subject line, for example - "Subject:  13"
> brakes...Was:
> > OT-best hamburger".  I haven't seen anyone do that in the LONGEST
> > time.
> >
> > To remain a casual & friendly mailing list (and not p.o. some of the
> > very knowledgeable list-members like David P and Don Mckinnon - just
> > to name
> some
> > recent ones) we need to make a concerted effort to CHANGE THE SUBJECT
> > LINE WHEN YOU CHANGE THE TOPIC OF THE THREAD.
> >
> > Note to David P:  I enjoy reading your very long posts, even though
> > others have complained.  Even though they're sometimes opinionated
> > they are
> always
> > chock full of good technical info.
> >
> > Jim Ryan
> > '91 Plus  white/mocha
> > lots of mods
> > home in NJ for the weekend
> > back to TX tomorrow night
> > Texas - not a vegetarian-friendly state
> >     they put meat in their vegetables and meat in their meat
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