"Edwin Pawlowski" writes:

>"GoombaP" > wrote in message
...
>> Can anyone tell me who can possible keep up with all the posts in this NG?

Most of the regular contributors.
>I
>> just noticed that there are 18,777 unread messages just waiting for me. Do
>> you think I'm missing something good?

Probably.
>>
>>
>
>You have to skim the subject lines and toss most of them. If a subject
>catches your eye, take a peek and maybe join in. Most of us just cannot
>devote the time to read more than 25% of them.

What the man said. Also it helps to build a kill file/filter. If you're not a
seafood fan, f'rinstance, you can program your subject filter to dump all posts
with "fish" or "seafood" in the title.

Certain posters are guaranteed to add no value to *me* (not saying they don't
for others) so I filter out their messages too.

Dunno what newsreader you're using but if you dip into a post and find it of no
value you can simply mark the whole thread as read and refresh your view.

Lastly, I don't know what your newsserver's policy on message retaining is but
if you're showing 18K+ new messages you're probably not checking the group
often enough.

This group averags about 250 msgs a day. Using that number the math works out
to you checking the group 18K/250, or roughly every 4x18 days, once every 10
weeks.

Best,

Marc