Date: Tue, 4 Feb 1997 19:02:01 +0100
From: m-14970-AT-mailbox.swipnet.se (Hugh Rodwell)
Subject: Re: M-I: How to Unscubscribe to MI


Carrol wrote:

>    O shit. I didn't intend this for the list as a whole.
>
>    Sorry.
>
>    Carrol
>>
>> Rachel,
>>
>>     A number of us on t he list have worried about the problem you
>> say is driving you from the list, but no easy solution seems available.
>> If later you would like to try again, here is one possibility. Skim
>> and delete the list for a week or so, determining which posters or
>> threads you would like to receive, then ask someone on the list to
>> forward a sampling of those to you (with a reasonable limit). I
>> would do this for you at a later date (I am retiring this summer,
>> and am giving full time to making my last semeseter of teaching
>> a pleasurable experience).
>>
>>     Comradely,


Carrol needn't apologize. This is important enough.

Getting acclimatized to this list can be traumatic. There is such a flow of
posts and the discussion is always well under way so it can get like
dipping your toe into a whirlpool and feeling the whole of your leg and
body being sucked in.

My suggestions: be draconian with the delete button; skim ferociously; be
arbitrary; be yourself. Sooner or later you should find something or
someone that appeals. Then start working more methodically. Be even quicker
on the delete button with the others, but start working outwards from your
newly found firm ground, and have a look at a post or two referred to
there. This way you'll build up a scaffolding so you can take the rest of
the list in your own way and your own time.

Keep the beast on a short leash, and don't forget the whip.

Remember, there's no compulsory attendance!

Cheers,

Hugh

PS Congratulations to Carrol for having made it to retirement. The rest of
us will be lucky to have any retirement left to make it to.




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