Main List Survival Strategy and HELP ME!

[Laura Ingalls Huntley]

> > Debbie wrote:
> > > I thought I'd share 
> > > my own personal Main List Survival Strategy

David?:
> > Mine is shameful.  I use the search function to look for the e-
mail 
> > addresses of people whose posts I like.  It's bad because it 
means 
> > interesting new people join the list and I don't realise it for 
> > weeks or months.

I do this as well, although I sometimes supplement it with searches 
for things I'm particularly interested in (i.e. Neville and 
Thestrals).  That way I find a lot of the good discussions that 
don't necessarily involve "big-name" posters ^_~.  I also skim the 
headings of the rest of the mail before I delete it all, to see if 
something catches my eye.

On a side note, I've recently had to switch to the mail server of my 
college.  Unfortunately, it refuses to send messages to yahoo 
groups.  I tried to find a nice free pop3/smtp server online, but I 
found none that would send to yahoo groups.  Do they exist?  I've 
discovered that I can send messages from the group's site (as I am 
doing now), but it's a bit of a hassle.  Can anyone offer a solution 
to my problem?

Laura (who can't BELIEVE the amount of mail being posted over at the 
main list)