Re: Replying by email to the newsfeed

From: Alan Connor (alanconnor_at_earthlink.net)
Date: 07/23/03

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    >From ajlewis2@intac.com Wed Jul 23 10:33:56 2003
    X-Received-Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 03:40:08 PDT (newsmaster1.news.pas.earthlink.net)

    On Tue, Jul 22, 2003 at 11:50:13PM +0200, Anthony Rowe wrote:
    >
    > I save articles I wish to keep or reply to (using 'o' in slrn) to the
    > default file (probably ~/News/Linux.debian.user). Then browse this
    > file using my MUA ('c', '?', and then to '../', and '/News' etc. in
    > mutt). Saved articles are in mailbox format so mutt will display them
    > the same as a saved email. Reply as usual editing the To: field as
    > needed.
    >
    > Keeping mail and news separate helps me to avoid confusing the two
    > (which could be quite embarressing in some situations :). Also, any
    > tweaks I may make to the way I handle my mail in the future will be
    > preserved for my debian-user mail. I think it is confusing enough to
    > read the list as news and post to it as mail without further
    > complicating matters by using my newsreader to send mail to the list.
    > YMMV
    >
    > Tony

    Wow! Thanks, Tony. This is a lot easier, because I can use the alias I
    have to change the To: It will also give me a copy in my Sent mail folder.

    After I read the news and save what I want, I just go to the News directory
    and do 'mutt -f Linu [TAB]' and I've got it. I see that I have saved a few
    things previously in that folder. LOoks like I forgot about them. :-)

    And like you said, this will keep them separate from my other mail. Great
    tip!

    Anita

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    Now we are getting someplace! Nice job Tony and Anita, try THIS:

    Put this function in your .bashrc:

    ldu () {

           echo "Enter Subject:" ;
           read nn ;
           mutt debian-user@lists.debian.org -s "$nn" -i .SLRN/News/misc/linux.debian.user ;
           rm .SLRN/News/misc/linux.debian.user ;

    }
     
    (note that this is the default save on MY system)

    Now I just cut the subject, switch to another window, enter ldu, paste the
    subject in and it's ready to go...Very nice. Copy saved to mutt automatically.

    Alan

     

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