Richard,
Try this:
(1) Subscribe to the digest, so that you get a few messages a day, rather than 70 or more;
(2) Set up a separate folder and sorting rule in your email program on your home computer to divert list emails to that folder, so that they are not mixed up with your general emails; and
(3) When you have time to peruse the list or want to review a particular subject, read the archives at http://search.bikelist.org/
With one click, you can review CR-list messages posted within the last 24hrs and see if there are any topics that interest you. You can also search the archives for any subjects that interest you.
Good luck,
Kerrigan Bennett Pleasant Hill, CA USA
Archive-URL: http://search.bikelist.org/
Hi all members,
Last Monday I received 70 email messages from CR, yesterday I received 70 email messages, today so far I've received 42 email messages. This has been consistent over the last several few months as I am a fairly recent member. The high volume of email messages has been extremely onerous to keep up with. I have a full time job, and many family commitments that are more important than vintage bicycles, and I am sure many members are in the same boat.
I must say that this site has been one of the top 2 or 3 that have provided me with invaluable knowledge about vintage bicycles from its wise members!
I'd like to suggest to Dale and to the CR members that somehow the website be sub-divided into various sub-sections: ie--complete bikes for sale, parts for sale, mechanical questions, paint questions, philosophical questions, philosophical arm twisting blogs that go on forever and ever and ever, ETC.
That way a member could access the area that was of interest to them instead of having to spend an inordinate amount of time each and every day trying to read all of the emails and deleting what was of not interest to them.
Perhaps each time a member blogs they should be required to pay a fee--$1?? I'm willing to pay a fee each time I blog. I don't think a membership fee will work because obviously people will attempt to get their money's worth.
Richard Pakula
Toronto, Canada