Re: : META QUESTION: how to read a bulk list (and stay happy :-)

2001-08-16 Thread Stephen Rueger
On Wed, Aug 15, 2001 at 10:07:11PM -0700, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Wed, Aug 15, 2001 at 11:26:37AM +0200, Joerg Johannes > ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > I'll peruse subjects I'm interested in, [deletia] Which can, with a decent MUA (e.g. mutt), be automated with scores. I'm giving mails with k

Re: META QUESTION: how to read a bulk list (and stay happy :-)

2001-08-16 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Wed, Aug 15, 2001 at 11:26:37AM +0200, Joerg Johannes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Sebastiaan wrote: > > > > High, > > > > On Wed, 15 Aug 2001, Gaelle T. Morin wrote: > > > > > Well, > > > I broke my own promise to be a lurker of this list. > > > However, I am just wondering on how do others

Re: META QUESTION: how to read a bulk list (and stay happy :-)

2001-08-15 Thread Ade Talabi
dman, I use mutt too, to manage my 1000+ daily messages. The sw is great! dman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said thusly on [15/08/01 at 14:49]: > > Anyways, I used to use elm mainly because it was simpler than pine and > those were the only console mailers I knew of. Somebody introduced me > to mutt on

Re: META QUESTION: how to read a bulk list (and stay happy :-)

2001-08-15 Thread Walt Mankowski
On Tue, Aug 14, 2001 at 11:09:43PM -0500, Rich Puhek wrote: > I suppose I could try that. Problem is, I'm really an elm guy for text > mail reader (not too surprising to see a :x at the bottom of my Windows > emails). Of course, now I switched to Maildir/ format, so I'm back to > pine. Mutt has ha

Re: META QUESTION: how to read a bulk list (and stay happy :-)

2001-08-15 Thread dman
On Tue, Aug 14, 2001 at 11:09:43PM -0500, Rich Puhek wrote: | dman wrote: | > | > On Tue, Aug 14, 2001 at 10:24:31PM -0500, Rich Puhek wrote: | > | > | Personally, I'm stuck with an NT box at work, so I end up using Netscape | > | > Not to fear -- mutt works great with cygwin (just patch attachm

Re: META QUESTION: how to read a bulk list (and stay happy :-)

2001-08-15 Thread Joerg Johannes
Sebastiaan wrote: > > High, > > On Wed, 15 Aug 2001, Gaelle T. Morin wrote: > > > Well, > > I broke my own promise to be a lurker of this list. > > However, I am just wondering on how do others read this mega list. > > Is that: "d"(elete), "d", "d", and "" once in awhile? > > Yes. The list has

Re: META QUESTION: how to read a bulk list (and stay happy :-)

2001-08-15 Thread Sebastiaan
High, On Wed, 15 Aug 2001, Gaelle T. Morin wrote: > Well, > I broke my own promise to be a lurker of this list. > However, I am just wondering on how do others read this mega list. > Is that: "d"(elete), "d", "d", and "" once in awhile? Yes. The list has grown in its capacity the last months (30

Re: META QUESTION: how to read a bulk list (and stay happy :-)

2001-08-14 Thread John Galt
Because It fits with my preferences more. You see, contrary to some people around here, I LIKE to recieve copies of listmail when I'm the intended recipient. The resent-from recipie puts the personal copy in my inbox, where it recieves relatively immediate attention, and yet still keeps the flow

Re: META QUESTION: how to read a bulk list (and stay happy :-)

2001-08-14 Thread Rich Puhek
dman wrote: > > On Tue, Aug 14, 2001 at 10:24:31PM -0500, Rich Puhek wrote: > > | Personally, I'm stuck with an NT box at work, so I end up using Netscape > > Not to fear -- mutt works great with cygwin (just patch attachment.c > to use binary mode for opening files or else M$ will screw up the

Re: META QUESTION: how to read a bulk list (and stay happy :-)

2001-08-14 Thread dman
On Tue, Aug 14, 2001 at 10:24:31PM -0500, Rich Puhek wrote: | Personally, I'm stuck with an NT box at work, so I end up using Netscape Not to fear -- mutt works great with cygwin (just patch attachment.c to use binary mode for opening files or else M$ will screw up the streams)! I haven't tried

Re: META QUESTION: how to read a bulk list (and stay happy :-)

2001-08-14 Thread Rich Puhek
John Galt wrote: > > .procmailrc recipie: > > :0: > * ^Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org > debian-user > > About 99.9995% effective. > > On Wed, 15 Aug 2001, Gaelle T. Morin wrote: > Um, how about using: "X-Mailing-List: " instead of the Resent-From? I believe that's what that header

Re: META QUESTION: how to read a bulk list (and stay happy :-)

2001-08-14 Thread John Galt
.procmailrc recipie: :0: * ^Resent-From: debian-user@lists.debian.org debian-user About 99.9995% effective. On Wed, 15 Aug 2001, Gaelle T. Morin wrote: >Well, >I broke my own promise to be a lurker of this list. >However, I am just wondering on how do others read this mega list. >Is that: "d"(

Re: META QUESTION: how to read a bulk list (and stay happy :-)

2001-08-14 Thread dman
On Wed, Aug 15, 2001 at 11:45:15AM -0400, Gaelle T. Morin wrote: | Well, | I broke my own promise to be a lurker of this list. | However, I am just wondering on how do others read this mega list. | Is that: "d"(elete), "d", "d", and "" once in awhile? Try also ^d (kill-thread). It's faster than p

META QUESTION: how to read a bulk list (and stay happy :-)

2001-08-14 Thread Gaelle T. Morin
Well, I broke my own promise to be a lurker of this list. However, I am just wondering on how do others read this mega list. Is that: "d"(elete), "d", "d", and "" once in awhile? OR, procmailing certain paterns... OR, ... Looking forward for insights... -- -- Gaelle T. Morin -- http://www.nawala.