From: Seebs Date: 2010-04-15T03:05:05+09:00 Subject: Re: Who maintains ruby-talk? On 2010-04-14, Josh Cheek wrote: > Sorry, I do my email online, so used the wrong terminology. I just mean that > gmail will take 50 posts about ruids, and group them all together in a > single thread, so it doesn't spam my inbox. It also filters the threads out > and sets them in their own separate area, so they never touch my inbox at > all. If your _client_ ;) didn't do this, I can see how the list could spam > your inbox. You don't seem to understand. It doesn't matter whether you *see* them. If they're sent, they're taking up bandwidth for every single reader, and that is a significant cost. > Is email bandwidth even an issue these days? Yes. It's a HUGE issue. Largely because about 96% of it is spam. > I stream all of my music, all > day. Pretty sure one minute of streaming music exceeds an entire month's > worth of emails (assuming no attachments). Nope. More importantly, remember that the emails go to *every reader*. -s -- Copyright 2010, all wrongs reversed. Peter Seebach / usenet-nospam@seebs.net http://www.seebs.net/log/ <-- lawsuits, religion, and funny pictures http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Game_(Scientology) <-- get educated!