On Tue, 19 Nov 2013 03:21:05 +0000 "brian.btlr@gmail.com" <brian.btlr@googlemail.com> wrote: Hello brian.btlr@gmail.com, >Sorry, but I am interested but not all the threads, please! It's all or nothing, you can't pick and choose, because.... >I do try to read all on this brilliant site. But a maximum number of ....this is not a (web)site, but a mailing list to which you have subscribed. >threads or replies to a question should be maximum of 5. Unless a new How would we determine that? A question arrives at the list server and is sent out to all list subscribers. All list subscribers see it, of which, say, seven know the answer. Which five should actually send the answer? Further, if there is only one answer, who sends it? Anybody? Nobody? >member scrolling through a number of messages, a lot are just repeating >that someone else has said. That that member requesting the original It's an inevitable consequence of the way mailing lists work. Not everyone pick up their mail at the same time. In fact, it's even possible that some people will see answers before the original question arrives in their inbox. >info, should then give a concise reply back. The site >manager/controller what ever you Will should have slightly more List admin have enough to do without having to moderate every message. There's also the issue of questions arising such as "Hey, I sent an answer to so-and-so's question, so why didn't my post make it to the list?" -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is / _)rad never immediately apparent" White people going to school, where they teach you to be thick White Riot - The Clash

Well said Bryan! the older of the tworobbos @ Wy Yung, near Bairnsdale