Have du'ers heard of freecycle.org? If you have something

[shraby]

to give away, join your local organization and post there. I just got rid of a lot of books and puzzles I no longer want. The "offer" ads went up late at night and by noon the next day everything was taken. I put up about 4 different ads..the book were in categories and the puzzles were separate also. It's a good way to get rid of stuff you don't want to send to the landfill and it all goes directly to those who need or want what you have.

[brooklynite]

1. From Each according to his Abilities, to Each according to his Needs?

hmmmm...

[proud2BlibKansan]

2. I joined that a couple years ago and got 100+ emails the first day

So I quit. Way too much to handle.

[dysfunctional press]

4. same thing with us.

[shraby]

5. I don't live in a heavily populated area but big enough

to get maybe 10-20 per day..easy to delete if I don't want any of the stuff, although we did get a nice 2 wheeled trailer one day that the person didn't want.

[proud2BlibKansan]

6. I think it's a great idea and is obviously very popular

They should at least send out a digest of emails. It seriously overloaded my inbox.

[MH1]

7. Email management

assuming it's a yahoo group, you can change your settings to reduce the email you receive, or not get any at all - just go to the group when you need to post something and people reply direct to you.

if it's not yahoo group and you don't have or can't find the "no email" option (and even if it is) you can manage the email volume by setting up a separate folder in your email account, and creating a rule that automatically routes the email to that folder based on the sending address. Then you can have another rule that deletes the mail in that folder after a set time (like one month) so that you don't overrun your space allocation.

just some ideas for anyone who likes the concept of freecycle but is frustrated with the email volume.

[Catshrink]

3. I just donate it to the Goodwill.

It's easier.

[RebelOne]

8. Been with Freecycle since it first started.

I have gotten a lot of good stuff and given away a lot of good stuff.