I just recently joined this list and started out getting periodic digest emails. I found that to be a very unfriendly way to read this forum, so I started just refreshing the monthly archive every few hours that I'm at home, but didn't care much for that either. Then I signed up for a gmail account (email by Google). Related threads get joined into one entry in my inbox, making it far simpler to plow thru a pile of posts. Then, if I want to save something for later, I can put a tag on it (
e.g. "Regulating", or "Temperament")... it's similar to folders, except I can assign multiple tags to a single email. Then I can move it to archive so it's out of my inbox. Most internet users are familiar with Google as a search engine, so it should be no surprise that Gmail archive is search-enabled, too.
<br><br>If it wasn't such a pain to "move" to a different email address, I'd be moving my regular personal email to Gmail as well. As it is, I do plan to start that process in the not too distant future, though I anticipate it'll take a while...
<br><br>Paul<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 1/27/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">John M. Formsma</b> <<a href="mailto:john@formsmapiano.com">john@formsmapiano.com</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
How do you guys group the info that comes through the list so it's<br>relevant to your individual needs? How do you make it like your own<br>personal "Tips & Tricks" that you can review at any time?<br>
<br>I've been saving individual emails in threads, but they get buried<br>quickly if I save a number of posts. And I don't take time to sift<br>through them when I have 200+ emails that aren't arranged in any<br>
particular order.<br><br>Possibilities:<br>1. Save them in a document and bookmark them by having a "Table of<br>Contents" thing with hyperlinks to the relevant text.<br>2. Hyperlink to the archives and name the link something like "Aluminum
<br>rail, stripped."<br><br>If I use hyperlinks to the archives (which is what I'd like to do), will<br>the archives' info always retain that info at the same place? For<br>example, if I direct the hyperlink to
<br><a href="http://www.ptg.org/archives/relevant-info">www.ptg.org/archives/relevant-info</a>, will that "relevant-info" always be<br>stored there, or do things get renamed after a number of years?<br><br>Thanks in advance,
<br><br>JF<br></blockquote></div><br>