I would try using your delete key if it is something that doesn't interest you! If it is taking you 2-3 hours each day to deal with the mail it sounds like you haven't learned to use that key. ;-) It isn't necessary or rude NOT to answer each and every post. Nobody expects you to do that. We all have time constraints, Doris, and at this time of year most of us are more pressed for time than at others. Please don't think you are alone. Some of us here have FULL time jobs, husbands, family and other responsibilities. Personally, I have a husband, two teenage kids, a full time job as a physicians assistant in a BUSY big city emergency department, a good size home, two dogs, a horse and a tank full of fish. I rarely post here but do read all the notes. I'm also involved with several other lists and it isn't unusual for me to receive about 100 posts each and every day. I receive all my lists as digests which keeps the mail around the hundred mark. The KEY to maintaining you sanity with these lists is to either just delete when the going gets tough or read and don't reply to anything that doesn't demand an answer from you personally. With digest you need to see the subject index and read only those that interest you. I think you will find it is tolerable that way and you WON'T be hurting anyones feelings that way. Life is TOO short to become so overly involved with email. Put your feet up, have a nice glass of wine and just chill out. You'll enjoy it! Liz Hogan-Diaz SOuth Florida mailto:eghogan@hotmail.com >I'm still getting bunches and bunches of individual mail from friends >on >the list, and I'm getting overwhelmed. Would all of you please limit >your >forwards to me to just one per person per day -- pick the best one >and >send it on? And if it's one of those e-mail warnings about >something or >other, please check it on a good urban-legend site before >sending it on (I >use Snopes.com; they've been really good). Some people >are sending me five >and six pieces of mail a day; and when you multiply >that by how many >people who are doing it, I've been getting sixty or >eighty new e-mails >every day. It's taking me between two and three >hours a day to deal with >all my e-mail, and that's more time than I can >afford, especially around >the holidays. And some days I've had to take >the time to check out four or >five of those darned urban legends and >hoaxes, just in case they just >might be true, and they almost always >aren't. >Thanx for your help -- and I hope I'm not hurting anyone's feelings. If >it >weren't for the fact that I work eight hours a day three days a week >and >have a house to keep up and a husband to spend time with and >outside >responsibilities, too, I'd love to get all that mail. Doris in Colorado (Up2Nutrix@aol.com) "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot lose." -- Jim Elliot, missionary and martyr _________________________________________________________________ Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail

Hi, I can't agree more. Although I do post to the list I don't feel the need to answer each and every post. I use that delete key a lot too. I think I've got you all beat with the number of genealogy and dog lists I'm on along with several Irish lists if I get less than 200 e-mails I wonder if my server is broken. :-) I used to live in Pinecrest. FL. Where do you live? Since you mentioned busy ER I'm assumining you must be in the Miami or Lauderdale area. Did you know there are several list members living in FL? Enjoy your nice weather! Judy Lamken mailto:kilkee@attbi.com Elizabeth Hogan-Diaz wrote: > > I would try using your delete key if it is something that doesn't > interest you! If it is taking you 2-3 hours each day to deal with the > mail it sounds like you haven't learned to use that key. ;-) It isn't > necessary or rude NOT to answer each and every post. Nobody expects > you to do that. > > We all have time constraints, Doris, and at this time of year most of > us are more pressed for time than at others. Please don't think you > are alone. Some of us here have FULL time jobs, husbands, family and > other responsibilities. Personally, I have a husband, two teenage > kids, a full time job as a physicians assistant in a BUSY big city > emergency department, a good size home, two dogs, a horse and a tank > full of fish. I rarely post here but do read all the notes. > > I'm also involved with several other lists and it isn't unusual for me > to receive about 100 posts each and every day. I receive all my lists > as digests which keeps the mail around the hundred mark. The KEY to > maintaining you sanity with these lists is to either just delete when > the going gets tough or read and don't reply to anything that doesn't > demand an answer from you personally. With digest you need to see the > subject index and read only those that interest you. I think you will > find it is tolerable that way and you WON'T be hurting anyones > feelings that way. Life is TOO short to become so overly involved > with email. Put your feet up, have a nice glass of wine and just > chill out. You'll enjoy it! > > Liz Hogan-Diaz > SOuth Florida > mailto:eghogan@hotmail.com > >> I'm still getting bunches and bunches of individual mail from friends >> >on the list, and I'm getting overwhelmed. Would all of you please >> limit >your forwards to me to just one per person per day -- pick the >> best one >and send it on? And if it's one of those e-mail warnings >> about >something or other, please check it on a good urban-legend >> site before >sending it on (I use Snopes.com; they've been really >> good). Some people >are sending me five and six pieces of mail a day; >> and when you multiply >that by how many people who are doing it, I've >> been getting sixty or >eighty new e-mails every day. It's taking me >> between two and three >hours a day to deal with all my e-mail, and >> that's more time than I can >afford, especially around the holidays. >> And some days I've had to take >the time to check out four or five of >> those darned urban legends and >hoaxes, just in case they just might >> be true, and they almost always >aren't. > > >> Thanx for your help -- and I hope I'm not hurting anyone's feelings. >> If >it weren't for the fact that I work eight hours a day three days >> a week >and have a house to keep up and a husband to spend time with >> and >outside responsibilities, too, I'd love to get all that mail. > > > Doris in Colorado (Up2Nutrix@aol.com) > "He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain what he cannot > lose." -- > Jim Elliot, missionary and martyr > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Tired of spam? Get advanced junk mail protection with MSN 8. > http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail > > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >