Off Topic--Categorizing by Subjects

[John M. Formsma]

List,

The "OT" designation in the subject line is nice. Thanks to all those who do
it.

There are two other things that help manage the amount of mail from the
list. First, directing Pianotech messages into their own folder, and,
second, categorizing the messages by subject title, saves a large amount of
time, both in reading and deleting. For instance, I use Outlook 98, and it
has the option to group messages by "Conversation Topic." So, all the
messages are "pre-sorted" and come into their own tiny "subfolder" or
"topic" within my Pianotech folder. If there is an "OT" discussion, or I
don't like the topic heading, then I will delete all those messages at once
without reading them. Saves a bunch of time.

I forget which lister suggested doing this some time ago, but it really is
great! Thanks!

John Formsma
Blue Mountain, MS
PTG Associate, Memphis Chapter

mailto:jformsma@dixie-net.com

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-pianotech@ptg.org [mailto:owner-pianotech@ptg.org]On Behalf
Of Clyde Hollinger
Sent: Saturday, August 18, 2001 7:07 AM
To: pianotech@ptg.org
Subject: Re: Off Topic


Friends,

We had a discussion on this some time ago.  It was (more or less) generally
decided that if someone will include "off topic" or "OT" in the subject
line,
then those who wish to deviate from piano technology from time to time could
do
so and the rest can immediately delete and not mind too much because they've
been
forewarned.  That still seems like a good idea to me.