Paying too much for long downloads

[constancevigilance]

Carolyn wrote:
> 
> On the issue of having to pay a lot to download unwanted, and 
perhaps 
> very long posts ... <snip>
> 
> Would it be worth doing a poll to find out if the cost of 
downloading 
> large, unwanted posts is a big issue for members generally ? 

I have a speedy always-on connection and I wouldn't DREAM of getting 
individual emails on the mail list. I used to get digests, but even 
that got to be too much. Webview is perfect for me - I can set my 
view to expand messages, then skim through 25 messages at a time 
pretty quickly, immediately skipping any that have obnoxious (to me) 
prefixes. This would include any SHIP posts, which I hate but would 
argue strenuously to keep on the list. Using this technique, I 
actually managed to keep up even in the frantic post-OOP days.

Maybe the list could be reminded that this is an alternative to an 
unweildy and expensive Internet experience? Maybe this would relieve 
some of the pressure on the list subgroups?


Constance Vigilance, who was on the list for over a year before 
discovering the expanded messages feature of the webview format.