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Re: "Overwhelmed" Plugd over at the Lamda Lab has been away for a while and writes that they are feeling overwhelmed by the volume of messages that have piled up in their absence -- and by their responsibility for the Elpher project[1]. In response to the question, "Has anyone else experienced this?" I certainly have[2], and I often have that sense of dread when I return to work after an extended vacation. You know that feeling when you open your email and there are 227 messages waiting? Or 352? Or 408? One year, a woman I work with came back from maternity leave at the same time that I returned from vacation, and she gave me some very good advice with respect to my collosal pile of messages. She said to sort them by sender, because some people only email when they have pressing issues to address, while others spam you with global emails. You know who they are. To make a long story short, it worked. So well. Now, I sort by sender every time I return to the office. I can't say that I experience *no* dread when I go back, but it's greatly reduced. So I'd sort your long list of emails by sender, which should - I think - separate the mailing list from the individual senders. An automatic triage can be a very helpful thing. You may be able to isolate the mailing list emails by sorting by subject header, since many mailing lists have a subject header that is at least partially auto-generated. I hope this helps. [1] gopher://thelambdalab.xyz/0/phlog/2021-07-19-Overwhelmed.txt [2] opher://zaibatsu.circumlunar.space/0/~visiblink/phlog/20210716