Curiosity re Time and Maillists

[David Horne]

At 01:37 PM 7/22/1999 -0500, you wrote:
>I spend way too much time on these lists -- and yet I can't read
>carefully at
>all more than about 1 out of ten of the posts that flow by. I estimate
>that to
>cut my time down to a reasonable amount per day I would have to delete
>over half of the posts without opening them, and over half of the
>remainder
>after only glancing at the first sentence or two. (I'm on several other
>lists as well as lbo.)
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>I would be interested on how others (most of whom are not retired
>as I am) allocate their time reading and replying to posts on line.
>
>Carrol

I get maybe a hundred a day and I actually read about....ten of them. Time
wise it takes maybe an hour or so. Its all I can spare. 

David H.
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