Re: Taming the mailing lists?

From: Mikha ben Avraham (mikhame_at_sbcglobal.net)
Date: 04/30/04

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    Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 15:24:29 -0500
To: "Joe(theWordy)Philbrook" <jtwdyp@ttlc.net>, For users of Fedora Core releases <fedora-list@redhat.com>

    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@redhat.com to a seperate folder. I still find forums to be
    better. 

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