Re: Redundant email floods

[John C Klensin <[e-mail]>]

--On Thursday, December 18, 2014 08:10 -0800 Paul Hoffman
<[e-mail]> wrote:

> On Dec 18, 2014, at 7:48 AM, John C Klensin
> <[e-mail]> wrote:
>> Is this bothering anyone else?
> 
> Not me.
> 
>>  Can something be done about it?
> 
> Yes, but please don't. The heuristics of whom *not* to send
> the messages to should be handled by your MUA, not by the
> Secretariat.

Paul,

If you are not bothered, than that is probably the end of it for
you.  As to what should be done, if this is bothering and/or
interfering with others getting work done, the most I'd consider
asking for is capability for more selective opt-outs on lists
that are used for multiple purposes.  Not more lists and
certainly not less distribution of information.

On the other hand, Carsten's suggestion seems generally useful
to me.   We already include the abstracts in the announcement;
including a sentence or two of change summary would help, IMO.
Independent of whether it helped with the issue I identified or
not, it would save needing to retrieve a draft just to figure
out that it was updated to correct a few obvious typos.  I'd
find that a big advantage.  Don't know if others would too.

    john