I've been using gmail for my list account. I never delete anything, and
searching is very fast.
I'll search through my mail before searching the list archives.

Tom

On Thu, May 31, 2012 at 10:22 AM, Will Taygan <lists@alaskabiodiesel.org>wrote:

> There are (at least) two very good guides to surviving this
> somewhat-high-volume vanagon list, both for reading and for posting.
> It's good to re-read them from time to time:
>
> Survival on the Mail Lists:
> http://www.vanagonauts.com/Mailing-List-Survival169.htm
>
> Community Etiquette
> http://www.vanagon.com/community/etiquette.htm
>
> Will in Alaska.
>
> On Tue, 2012-05-29 at 17:03 -0600, Richard A Jones wrote:
> > > I suggest you try to "train" the listees to be brief and refrain from
> the
> > > silly nonsensical comments. I know YOU try, but it aint a workin for
> me...
> >
> > If everyone had to read in digest mode for a week every so often,
> > the world would be a better place.  Read in digest mode and
> > 1) you'll see all the "I agree" messages with the original and
> >     so you won't do that.
>
>  -snip-
>