http://www.blogwithoutalibrary.net libraries, technology, UX, &c. Tue, 10 Jan 2012 21:37:51 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.blogwithoutalibrary.net/74 http://www.blogwithoutalibrary.net/74#comments Fri, 25 Feb 2005 20:27:00 +0000 ae-j http://www.blogwithoutalibrary.net/?p=74 Geoff posted a handy how-to for subscribing to email lists using Bloglines. I first tried this last Fall on a trial-run before moving all my lists over, and after about a week’s worth of messages from that list, I made the bold move and unsubscibed from all 8 listservs (eight!) on email, and subscribed to them in Bloglines instead. Here’s why:

• obvious: a more manageable inbox!
• maintenance: don’t have to suspend all lists when I go away
• portability: my subscriptions aren’t tied to an email address that I might not have forever
• quick-exit: if you’d like to leave a list and can’t locate the “unsubscribe” instructions, simply delete your subscription/generated email address in Bloglines. Caveat: take pity on list moderators! I am one, and therefore on the receiving end of far too many list bouncebacks. So if you’d like to Do the Polite Thing, stick to unsubscribing to a list the old-fashioned, command way (which you can also do in Bloglines). This will ensure positive karma from list moderators everywhere.

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