Taming the mailing lists?

Mikha ben Avraham mikhame at sbcglobal.net
Fri Apr 30 20:24:29 UTC 2004


Joe(theWordy)Philbrook wrote:

> I'm betting your not using a threaded mail reader... Or you haven't
>
>configured your mail reader to use it <grin> When I first joined this
>list I wasn't using pines threaded format And I could see what you mean
>by "stuffing everything down your throat" Now I separate my lists with
>filters, and use threading... much better. AND it uses MY choice in
>interface. That is I use pine cause I like it! 
>
>And I suppose I could even filter on interesting keywords to further
>divide up the volume into manageable folders if I wanted to. 
>
>But if your really keen on the browser interface, why not filter the
>bulk of the list traffic out of your regular mail box. Then use a browser
>to follow things in the archive instead... Personally I wouldn't like to
>do that, but the archive is up to date. I just checked and your message
>dated today is already there. So if you really want to browse for it.
>you can.
>
I use thunderbird, use threaded view, and filter all To: 
fedora-list at redhat.com to a seperate folder. I still find forums to be 
better.






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