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[annemehr]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "werebearloony" 
<Erthena at a...> wrote:
> Just because I feel like dredging up old topics all over again, I 
> have to ask for help on the main list.  I know list volume is WAY 
> down but I still have trouble keeping up.  So if someone who 
> actually is keeping up could tell me their secret or refer me back 
> to the posts in August, I think, where we talked about strategies 
> for the main list I'd be immensely grateful.
> 
> ~~loony, who doesn't want to battle yahoomort tonight or she'd look 
> the posts up herself.

Well, my strategy back in August was to be *very* selective, chosing 
posts by subject lines I found interesting, and hoping people had 
changed them accordingly when the subject on a thread drifted to a 
different topic (I know this doesn't always happen, but what can you 
do).  I also skimmed a *lot* of the posts to look for new ideas.

Now, I seem to do fine in webview, as Abigail recommended also.  From 
the Home page I click on "messages," then enter the number after the 
last message I read in the little box and click "go."  That gives me 
a display of messages with subject lines and who posted them.  Then I 
click the "expand messages" button and a whole group of messages are 
displayed in their entirety, looking much like a Daily Digest.  It's 
easy to scroll down and read the ones I'm interested in, or skim 
others, and scroll right past the ones I've had enough of (e.g. 
prefect discussions since I've read Shaun's wonderfully detailed 
messages on the subject before).  And you do get around 20-25 
messages loaded with only one ad.  It has a big advantage over Daily 
Digests in that it's always available when you have a chance to read; 
back in the day when I was on Digest, I'd check my email and find 
nothing, then the day would get busy, and then when I got back to my 
email, there'd be *two* long digests to wade through!

If I'm pressed for time, I tend to skip topics that have the most to 
do with things that we're just going to have to wait and see what 
happens, such as SHIPping, where I have read lots of different 
predictions and opinions in the past and don't think anyone can 
really draw a firm conclusion.

Other than that, it seems I am lucky in that I can't sleep for too 
long at a time, so at night when everything quiets down and the 
family goes to bed, I get a couple-three hours of peace to read the 
lists and post if I want!  I realise this strategy may not have 
universal appeal!  :-)

Hmm... I've rambled on for a while -- hope some of it was helpful!

Annemehr