Dr. Samuel Schuman,
If you find your Nabokov List mail to be overwhelming, why not simply read
whatever few messages you are interested in, and delete the rest from your
mail box? Although I would not urge anyone interested in
Nabokov to quit the list, if you have begun to find the amount of mail
irksome, you might well consider withdrawing. Many of those who participate in the Nabokov List
tend to write at whatever length they feel their topic requires, and many other List participants
find these messages invaluable. Of course, those who do not will always use their delete key freely.
Best wishes,
Andrew Brown
On 11/9/06 5:25 PM, "NABOKV-L" <NABOKV-L@HOLYCROSS.EDU> wrote:
I wonder if others have been as overwhelmed as I by the sheer volume of
messages on the listserv over recent weeks. Obviously, this is
positive evidence that there is much to say about VN, and many who wish
to participate in the conversation. I would be the last to suggest a
harsher editorial policy to restrict the flow of electronic
communications. On the other hand, perhaps some form of voluntary
restraint might keep each day's messages to a more reasonable level?
It occurred to me that if all of us agreed to send no more than one
message to the listserv a day, that might be a modest step in the right
direction. Do others agree?
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Sam
Dr. Samuel Schuman
Garrey Carruthers Distinguished Chair
in Honors
The University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM (505) 277-4396
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