[nabs-l] Volume of Email on the List

[Briley Pollard]

Hello all,

Arielle brings up an excellent point. It is also vital to stay on task with what the specific thread is discussing. Also, one line messages saying "I agree" can be viewed as clutter. If you agree, great, but say why and offer your own unique perspective. 

A reminder too that most e-mail clients have a filter or rules option that will let you arrange it so that Nabs messages have their own folder. That way, your general inbox stays clutter free from list serves, and you can dig through the myriads of messages when you have time. Additionally, viewing the messages as threads rather than single messages will reduce the volume of email in your inbox.

Best,
Briley
On Jun 21, 2011, at 1:07 AM, Humberto Avila wrote:

> Arielle,
> You are right, and this helps people get over with messages with subjects
> that they are not really interested in talking about. But on the other hand
> when there are interesting discussions on the list and someone would like to
> chime in, they can join.
> By the way, if you are using microsoft outlook 2003 or later, there is a
> JAWS command that will allow you to reply directly to the sender of the
> email message. It is: Insert+shift+R, should you like to know about this
> command JAWS and outlook users.
> Hope this helps.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org [mailto:nabs-l-bounces at nfbnet.org] On Behalf
> Of Arielle Silverman
> Sent: Monday, June 20, 2011 9:35 PM
> To: nabs-l at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [nabs-l] Volume of Email on the List
> 
> Hello NABS listers,
> While the conversations that have developed on the NABS list over the
> past few days-about the NABS constitution, laptop options, etc.-are
> useful to many of us, I'd just like to issue a friendly reminder to
> try to control the number of separate email messages you send to the
> list each day. For people who use email clients like Outlook, and who
> don't subscribe to the list in digest mode, it can be overwhelming to
> wade through a large number of email messages. Just as an example, I
> see there have been 60 messages posted in response to Kerri's laptop
> question alone. If you have something to say, feel free to speak up,
> but please try to combine all your thoughts into a single message if
> you can, or to spread out your responses over time. You can also reply
> to a single person privately by looking up their email address, which
> should be in the "from" field of their message. Steps like these will
> help us all to appreciate what the list has to offer without the
> frustration of having our email inboxes saturated. Thank you for your
> courtesy and cooperation.
> 
> Arielle Silverman, President, National Association of Blind Students
> 
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> Arielle Silverman
> President, National Association of Blind Students
> Phone:  602-502-2255
> Email:
> nabs.president at gmail.com
> Website:
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