[M3devel] volume of cm3-related email traffic

[Tony Hosking]

Sounds like good practice to me!

[Note that I am replying only to m3devel. :-) ]

On Feb 26, 2008, at 4:01 PM, Randy Coleburn wrote:

> I appreciate all the work everyone is doing these days on cm3, but I  
> am having a problem I'd like to describe.
> I'm getting a large number of cm3-related email messages relayed to  
> me each day.  In many cases, I'm getting two copies of each message  
> because folks are also addressing the message to me in addition to  
> the m3devel list.
>
> The email address I've put on the m3devel and m3commit lists is my  
> work email address.  So, the large number of messages is now  
> interfering with my job.  In the past, this wasn't a problem because  
> there weren't very many messages.
>
> I know I could change my email address for these mail lists to a  
> private home mailbox, but I would not be able to check this box as  
> frequently.  Before I take this action, here are some suggestions I  
> have:
>
> 1.  Don't include the original sender on your reply; instead, just  
> address to m3devel
> [I know I've been guilty about just lazily hitting the reply button  
> without deleting the extra addresses, so this suggestion applies to  
> me as well.]
>
> 2.  Try not to use m3devel as a blog for a steady-stream of  
> thought.  Maybe we should setup a blog or something for this type of  
> activity.
>
> 3.  Try to think through and test your changes throughly to cut down  
> on the number of commits.
>
> Regards,
> Randy

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