There's a third choice: a daily digest. (This is what I use.) The
digest is a bundle of the individual emails--typically sent once a
day.
--- In "oryoki2000" <>
wrote:
>
> The Naturerecordists group has been unusually busy over the
weekend.
> I can fully understand how people might be upset by receiving 50
> emails a day from Yahoo on topics they don't care to read.
>
> The solution (short of abandoning the group altogether) is to tell
> Yahoo to stop sending emails! Once the emails stop, use your web
> browser to review the messages posted to Naturerecordists.
>
> Here's how to turn off email messages:
>
> Point your web browser at
> http://groups.yahoo.com/mygroups?o=3D2&edit=3D1
> You'll be prompted to log in with your Yahoo user name and password.
>
> Now you should be looking at a list of the Yahoo groups you elected
to
> join.
>
> Look down the left side for the NatureRecordists group.
> Now look to the right to the column labeled "Message Delivery"
> From the drop-down list, select "No Email" from NatureRecordists
> Now click on the "Save Changes" button at the top of the page.
>
> Next, here's how to view posts to the NatureRecordists group using a
> web browser.
>
> Point your web browser at
> http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/naturerecordists/messages/
>
> If you're not logged in, you'll be prompted to do so.
>
> Here you'll see a list of the most recent posts to the group.
> Use the "older" button to see previous days' posts.
>
> If you see a post you're interested in, click on its name.
> This will take you to a screen where you can see the message text,
> and also all antecedent messages. Follow these links to read the
> message thread from its beginning.
>
> Give the web browser approach a try for a couple of days and see how
> it can save you lots of time and aggravation deleting email messages
> you don't care to receive. If you don't like this approach, you can
> always change back to receiving individual emails.
>
> --oryoki
>
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