Re: Replying to a conversation (Thread)

2024-08-25 Thread Darac Marjal
On 25/08/2024 17:01, Max Nikulin wrote: On 25/08/2024 12:39, Joe B wrote: On 25/08/2024 04:36, Joe B wrote: IF i see a thread i want to jump into to help out how can i be part of the conversation? [...] I gave up and now using K-9 mail and it seems to be working fine. I use Thunderbird an

Re: Replying to a conversation (Thread)

2024-08-25 Thread Max Nikulin
On 25/08/2024 12:39, Joe B wrote: On 25/08/2024 04:36, Joe B wrote: IF i see a thread i want to jump into to help out how can i be part of the conversation? [...] I gave up and now using K-9 mail and it seems to be working fine. I use Thunderbird and IMAP for gmail. Perhaps I stressed too m

Re: Replying to a conversation (Thread)

2024-08-25 Thread tomas
On Sat, Aug 24, 2024 at 10:39:24PM -0700, Joe B wrote: > On August 24, 2024 7:10:08 PM PDT, Max Nikulin wrote: > >On 25/08/2024 04:36, Joe B wrote: [...] > >> I noticed on the list there is a message id. is it possible to copy > >> the message id to the email so the chain just keeps going ? > >

Re: Replying to a conversation (Thread)

2024-08-24 Thread Joe B
On August 24, 2024 7:10:08 PM PDT, Max Nikulin wrote: >On 25/08/2024 04:36, Joe B wrote: >> >> IF i see a thread i want to jump into to help out how can i be part of >> the conversation? > >If you are using gmail web UI and replying to a message from a mailbox then it >should work, just use a pr

Re: Replying to a conversation (Thread)

2024-08-24 Thread Max Nikulin
On 25/08/2024 04:36, Joe B wrote: IF i see a thread i want to jump into to help out how can i be part of the conversation? If you are using gmail web UI and replying to a message from a mailbox then it should work, just use a proper button so send response to the mailing list, not a personal

Re: Replying to a conversation (Thread)

2024-08-24 Thread Karen Lewellen
Hi there Joe, see my slight answer in context. On Sat, 24 Aug 2024, Joe B wrote: Hello, HiJoe and welcome, this is a fine question. IF i see a thread i want to jump into to help out how can i be part of the conversation? as of right now i'm just putting the debian-user list email and the

Re: Replying to a conversation (Thread)

2024-08-24 Thread Joe B
On Sat, Aug 24, 2024 at 4:31 PM DdB wrote: > > Am 24.08.2024 um 23:36 schrieb Joe B: > > Hello, > > > > IF i see a thread i want to jump into to help out how can i be part of > > the conversation? as of right now i'm just putting the debian-user > > list email and the RE with the subject and reply

Re: Replying to a conversation (Thread)

2024-08-24 Thread eben
On 8/24/24 17:36, Joe B wrote: Hello, IF i see a thread i want to jump into to help out how can i be part of the conversation? as of right now i'm just putting the debian-user list email and the RE with the subject and replying that way. I noticed on the list there is a message id. is it possib

Re: Replying to a conversation (Thread)

2024-08-24 Thread George at Clug
On Sunday, 25-08-2024 at 07:36 Joe B wrote: > Hello, > > IF i see a thread i want to jump into to help out how can i be part of > the conversation? Joe, Is this what you are looking for? https://lists.debian.org/debian-user/ Debian Mailing Lists debian-user Community assistance and support

Re: Replying to a conversation (Thread)

2024-08-24 Thread Greg Wooledge
On Sat, Aug 24, 2024 at 14:36:09 -0700, Joe B wrote: > IF i see a thread i want to jump into to help out how can i be part of > the conversation? as of right now i'm just putting the debian-user > list email and the RE with the subject and replying that way. > > I noticed on the list there is a me

Re: Replying to a conversation (Thread)

2024-08-24 Thread DdB
Am 24.08.2024 um 23:36 schrieb Joe B: > Hello, > > IF i see a thread i want to jump into to help out how can i be part of > the conversation? as of right now i'm just putting the debian-user > list email and the RE with the subject and replying that way. > > I noticed on the list there is a messa

Re: Replying. [was Re: AMD GPU Sea Islands Problem]

2020-12-11 Thread Charles Curley
On Fri, 11 Dec 2020 20:11:12 + Guyenne Tsui wrote: > Thank you Charles, You're welcome. > > Anyway do you have idea you can help me in resolving the graphics > issue? It's outside my expertise, or I would have replied with something. The only thing I can think of is to try the backports k

Re: Replying. [was Re: AMD GPU Sea Islands Problem]

2020-12-11 Thread Guyenne Tsui
Thank you Charles, Anyway do you have idea you can help me in resolving the graphics issue? Should I post this again as a separate thread to gather more expertise? Bests Regards, Guyenne

Re: Replying. [was Re: AMD GPU Sea Islands Problem]

2020-12-09 Thread Celejar
On Wed, 9 Dec 2020 08:04:19 + Brad Rogers wrote: > On Tue, 8 Dec 2020 20:37:37 -0500 > Celejar wrote: > > Hello Celejar, > > >Under Preferences, I have a Compose tab, but no Writing one, and the > > Writing is under Compose; This is in Claws - Sylpheed may well differ. Yes; as I said, I

Re: Replying. [was Re: AMD GPU Sea Islands Problem]

2020-12-09 Thread Brad Rogers
On Tue, 8 Dec 2020 20:37:37 -0500 Celejar wrote: Hello Celejar, >Under Preferences, I have a Compose tab, but no Writing one, and the Writing is under Compose; This is in Claws - Sylpheed may well differ. -- Regards _ / ) "The blindingly obvious is / _)rad

Re: Replying. [was Re: AMD GPU Sea Islands Problem]

2020-12-08 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 8 Dec 2020 17:51:13 -0700 Charles Curley wrote: > On Tue, 8 Dec 2020 19:41:42 -0500 > Celejar wrote: > > > Ah, yes. Those are Sylpheed options ;) But there's no general way to > > instruct these MUAs to automatically default to 'reply-to-list' for > > any reply to a list mail (i.e., any

Re: Replying. [was Re: AMD GPU Sea Islands Problem]

2020-12-08 Thread Charles Curley
On Tue, 8 Dec 2020 19:41:42 -0500 Celejar wrote: > Ah, yes. Those are Sylpheed options ;) But there's no general way to > instruct these MUAs to automatically default to 'reply-to-list' for > any reply to a list mail (i.e., any mail with a 'List-ID: ' header), > correct? Try Configuration -> Pre

Re: Replying. [was Re: AMD GPU Sea Islands Problem]

2020-12-08 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 8 Dec 2020 17:29:22 -0700 Charles Curley wrote: > On Tue, 8 Dec 2020 15:10:13 -0500 > Celejar wrote: > > > On my Sylpheed, ordinary 'Reply' won't do reply-to-list, and I have to > > specifically ask for that (-L by default). I couldn't find a > > configuration option to change that, but

Re: Replying. [was Re: AMD GPU Sea Islands Problem]

2020-12-08 Thread Charles Curley
On Tue, 8 Dec 2020 15:10:13 -0500 Celejar wrote: > On my Sylpheed, ordinary 'Reply' won't do reply-to-list, and I have to > specifically ask for that (-L by default). I couldn't find a > configuration option to change that, but I might have missed > something. In Claws-Mail, you can do it on a p

Re: Replying. [was Re: AMD GPU Sea Islands Problem]

2020-12-08 Thread Celejar
On Sat, 5 Dec 2020 23:08:14 +0200 Andrei POPESCU wrote: ... > In general 'Reply' defaults to Sender, with a few exceptions: > > 1. A smart mailer that detects the message is from a mailing list, most > likely configurable (e.g. Claws Mail already mentioned, probably > Sylpheed as well) On

Re: Replying

2020-12-07 Thread Paul Johnson
On Sun, Dec 6, 2020 at 3:14 AM Teemu Likonen wrote: > I guess we all know by now that mail user agent software don't agree > with all the different semantics of replying. Widely supported features > are "reply to sender" (Reply-To, From) and "reply to all". Debian > mailing list policy (send only

Re: Replying

2020-12-06 Thread Teemu Likonen
* 2020-12-06 16:39:29Z, Brad Rogers wrote: > I'm struggling to think of any use other than 'use the address in the > Reply-To header to ensure you send your message to the correct place'. That's easy. Reply-To may not have the address which some other person thinks is the correct place for his or

Re: Replying

2020-12-06 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sun, 06 Dec 2020 09:49:41 -0500 Stefan Monnier wrote: Hello Stefan, >The problem is that you intend your "Reply-To:" to mean one thing, but >other people use "Reply-To:" to mean something else (many use it I'm struggling to think of any use other than 'use the address in the Reply-To header

Re: Replying

2020-12-06 Thread Stefan Monnier
> My mistake; I didn't mean broken in the non-RFC compliant sense, but > broken in the sense of "Not what I want to take place". I set a The problem is that you intend your "Reply-To:" to mean one thing, but other people use "Reply-To:" to mean something else (many use it without knowing what th

Re: Replying

2020-12-06 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sun, 06 Dec 2020 15:42:49 +0200 Teemu Likonen wrote: Hello Teemu, >It's not broken; it's perfectly valid and allowed. My mistake; I didn't mean broken in the non-RFC compliant sense, but broken in the sense of "Not what I want to take place". I set a Reply-To because that's where I want th

Re: Replying

2020-12-06 Thread Teemu Likonen
* 2020-12-06 11:23:06Z, Brad Rogers wrote: > I set a Reply-To for mailing list mails because I *DO NOT WANT* a > private reply. Your treatment of that is completely broken. Credit the > sender with some intelligence, and do as they request. It's not broken; it's perfectly valid and allowed. Reply

Re: Replying

2020-12-06 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sun, 6 Dec 2020 07:01:46 -0500 rhkra...@gmail.com wrote: Hello rhkra...@gmail.com, >Hmm, I might send a public message and want a private reply Certainly there are people that do that, but I don't; It's inviting an accident to happen. If I'm following up on a list mail privately (it's rare,

Re: Replying

2020-12-06 Thread rhkramer
On Sunday, December 06, 2020 06:23:06 AM Brad Rogers wrote: > If I wanted a private reply, I wouldn't have sent the message to the > list in the first place. Hmm, I might send a public message and want a private reply (or at least, not be surprised if I got a private reply). For instance, if I w

Re: Replying

2020-12-06 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sun, 06 Dec 2020 11:14:25 +0200 Teemu Likonen wrote: Hello Teemu, >There is sense in this. Reply means "reply to sender". If Reply-To has >the same address as in To/Cc then the Reply-To address probably is not >sender's address. So don't honour Reply-To and use From instead. It is >also a saf

Re: Replying

2020-12-06 Thread Teemu Likonen
* 2020-12-05 21:33:58Z, Brad Rogers wrote: > On Sat, 5 Dec 2020 23:08:14 +0200 > Andrei POPESCU wrote: >> 2. A Reply-To is set, either by the list[1] or by the Sender > > Even with one set, many ppl /still/ manage to not honour it. My email application (Notmuch) normally honours Reply-To but the

Re: Replying. [was Re: AMD GPU Sea Islands Problem]

2020-12-05 Thread Brad Rogers
On Sat, 5 Dec 2020 23:08:14 +0200 Andrei POPESCU wrote: Hello Andrei, > 2. A Reply-To is set, either by the list[1] or by the Sender Even with one set, many ppl /still/ manage to not honour it. I've lost count of the number of time replies have come to me only, despite setting a list address f

Re: Replying. [was Re: AMD GPU Sea Islands Problem]

2020-12-05 Thread rhkramer
On Saturday, December 05, 2020 04:08:14 PM Andrei POPESCU wrote: > In general 'Reply' defaults to Sender, with a few exceptions: > > 1. A smart mailer that detects the message is from a mailing list, most > likely configurable (e.g. Claws Mail already mentioned, probably > Sylpheed as well) an

Re: Replying. [was Re: AMD GPU Sea Islands Problem]

2020-12-05 Thread Andrei POPESCU
On Sb, 05 dec 20, 12:20:02, Kenneth Parker wrote: > > I am also on Gmail. When I click (or tap) on Reply, it invariably wants me > to send the Reply to the individual who sent the email, as opposed to the > Debian Users List. So one additional task for me is to edit the "To" > field, so that it

Re: Replying. [was Re: AMD GPU Sea Islands Problem]

2020-12-05 Thread Charles Curley
On Sat, 5 Dec 2020 12:20:02 -0500 Kenneth Parker wrote: > I am also on Gmail. When I click (or tap) on Reply, it invariably > wants me to send the Reply to the individual who sent the email, as > opposed to the Debian Users List. So one additional task for me is > to edit the "To" field, so tha

Re: Replying. [was Re: AMD GPU Sea Islands Problem]

2020-12-05 Thread Tixy
On Sat, 2020-12-05 at 12:20 -0500, Kenneth Parker wrote: > I am also on Gmail. When I click (or tap) on Reply, it invariably wants me > to send the Reply to the individual who sent the email, as opposed to the > Debian Users List. So one additional task for me is to edit the "To" > field, so that

Re: Replying. [was Re: AMD GPU Sea Islands Problem]

2020-12-05 Thread Kenneth Parker
On Sat, Dec 5, 2020, 12:05 PM Charles Curley < charlescur...@charlescurley.com> wrote: > On Sat, 5 Dec 2020 14:11:02 + > Guyenne Tsui wrote: > > > Also, I have no idea how to reply to a thread on a mailing list so it > > would be practical if you teach me how. I use Gmail. I even installed >

Re: replying to a thread on the list that is not in my inbox?

2012-07-25 Thread Ralf Mardorf
On Tue, 2012-07-24 at 23:32 -0400, Nick Lidakis wrote: > On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 11:22:50PM -0400, Celejar wrote: > > On Tue, 24 Jul 2012 23:03:52 -0400 > > Nick Lidakis wrote: > > > > > How does one reply to a thread on this list if I accidentally erased the > > > threads or the thread was never

Re: replying to a thread on the list that is not in my inbox?

2012-07-25 Thread Jon Dowland
On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 11:32:53PM -0400, Nick Lidakis wrote: > Thanks. It will bring up Icedove. How do I get that header info to Mutt? Set mutt up to handle mailto: urls with something like http://mailtomutt.sourceforge.net/ or http://madduck.net/blog/2007.01.14:firefox-handing-mailto-links-to-

Re: replying to a thread on the list that is not in my inbox?

2012-07-24 Thread Bob Proulx
Nick Lidakis wrote: > Celejar wrote: > > Nick Lidakis wrote: > > > How does one reply to a thread on this list if I accidentally erased the > > > threads or the thread was never in your inbox to begin with? I want to > > > reply > > > to this: http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2012/07/msg01613.h

Re: replying to a thread on the list that is not in my inbox?

2012-07-24 Thread Nick Lidakis
On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 11:22:50PM -0400, Celejar wrote: > On Tue, 24 Jul 2012 23:03:52 -0400 > Nick Lidakis wrote: > > > How does one reply to a thread on this list if I accidentally erased the > > threads or the thread was never in your inbox to begin with? I want to reply > > to this: http://l

Re: replying to a thread on the list that is not in my inbox?

2012-07-24 Thread Celejar
On Tue, 24 Jul 2012 23:03:52 -0400 Nick Lidakis wrote: > How does one reply to a thread on this list if I accidentally erased the > threads or the thread was never in your inbox to begin with? I want to reply > to this: http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2012/07/msg01613.html Just click on the

Re: replying to an old list thread.

2010-12-07 Thread Sthu Deus
Thank You for Your time and answer, Camaleón: > Glad to help. I also learn a lot from this list :-) Me too. Hope I will be helpful to other Debian users too, one day. :) > > It does not work for me, nor I want it, actually. But it should be > > so - it is true. > > Does not work? :-? Yea, th

Re: replying to an old list thread.

2010-12-06 Thread Bob Proulx
Ken Heard wrote: > Sthu Deus wrote: > > Good day. > > > > I want to continue an old talk that once was on the list. How I can do > > it? - How I can direct my reply to that very thread? > > I seem to remember that sometime in the past people objected to an "old" > thread being "reopened" by a new

Re: replying to an old list thread.

2010-12-06 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 06 Dec 2010 09:21:10 -0500, Ken Heard wrote: > Sthu Deus wrote: >> Good day. >> >> I want to continue an old talk that once was on the list. How I can do >> it? - How I can direct my reply to that very thread? > > I seem to remember that sometime in the past people objected to an "old" >

Re: replying to an old list thread.

2010-12-06 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 06 Dec 2010 20:12:38 +0700, Sthu Deus wrote: > Thank You for Your time and answer, Camaleón - You are doing great job > answering here! Thanks to You for Your work, again: Glad to help. I also learn a lot from this list :-) >> When you hit "reply to → list" your e-mail client gets opened

Re: replying to an old list thread.

2010-12-06 Thread Ken Heard
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Sthu Deus wrote: > Good day. > > I want to continue an old talk that once was on the list. How I can do > it? - How I can direct my reply to that very thread? I seem to remember that sometime in the past people objected to an "old" thread being "reop

Re: replying to an old list thread.

2010-12-06 Thread Sthu Deus
Thank You for Your time and answer, Camaleón - You are doing great job answering here! Thanks to You for Your work, again: > When you hit "reply to → list" your e-mail client gets opened and is > automatically set the address of this mailing list in "To:" field ;-) It does not work for me, nor I

Re: replying to an old list thread.

2010-12-06 Thread Camaleón
On Mon, 06 Dec 2010 15:42:56 +0700, Sthu Deus wrote: > I want to continue an old talk that once was on the list. How I can do > it? - How I can direct my reply to that very thread? > > In the list archives I see 3 links: reply to: list, user-online/offline. > > But I use a mail client - what sho

Re: replying to a message ... again.

2007-10-10 Thread Mumia W..
From: PETER EASTHOPE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Andrei, Mumia & others, At Wed, 12 Sep 2007 11:57:52 -0500 Mumia Paduille wrote, "I'm assuming you're subscribed, ..." Not subscribed. The volume is overwhelming. I read the Web based archive. At Mon, 20 Aug 2007 22:40:14 +0300 Andrei Popescu wrote, "

Re: replying to a message ... again.

2007-10-10 Thread Mumia W.
On 10/10/2007 07:03 PM, PETER EASTHOPE wrote: Andrei, Mumia & others, At Wed, 12 Sep 2007 11:57:52 -0500 Mumia Paduille wrote, "I'm assuming you're subscribed, ..." Not subscribed. The volume is overwhelming. I read the Web based archive. Normal replying is difficult through the web based a

Re: replying to a message in debian-user

2007-01-28 Thread Matus UHLAR - fantomas
> On Thursday 25 January 2007 10:26, Easthope wrote: > > When I work at home, thunderbird can send a > > reply to a message posted on this list. > > > > Presumeably it sends the Message-id of the > > preceeding message, or a thread identifier > > to the list maintenance program to allow > > connect

Re: replying to a message in debian-user

2007-01-26 Thread hendrik
On Fri, Jan 26, 2007 at 05:10:25AM +, s. keeling wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 11:00:44AM -0800, Easthope wrote: > > > > > > Thanks for replying and copying to me. > > > > > > wl> Well, if your web-based MUA supports it, it can and should > > > w

Re: replying to a message in debian-user

2007-01-25 Thread s. keeling
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 11:00:44AM -0800, Easthope wrote: > > > > Thanks for replying and copying to me. > > > > wl> Well, if your web-based MUA supports it, it can and should > > wl> do threading correctly. > > > > No evidence that this MUA supports th

Re: replying to a message in debian-user

2007-01-25 Thread Easthope
Wesley, Thanks for replying and copying to me. wl> Well, if your web-based MUA supports it, it can and should do threading correctly. No evidence that this MUA supports threading, that I have seen. wl> Barring that, as long as the subject stays intact, often other people's MUA will do pseudo

Re: replying to a message in debian-user

2007-01-25 Thread hendrik
On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 11:00:44AM -0800, Easthope wrote: > Wesley, > > Thanks for replying and copying to me. > > wl> Well, if your web-based MUA supports it, it can and should > do threading correctly. > > No evidence that this MUA supports threading, > that I have seen. > > wl> Barring th

Re: replying to a message in debian-user

2007-01-25 Thread Wesley J. Landaker
On Thursday 25 January 2007 12:00, Easthope wrote: > wl> Barring that, as long as the subject stays intact, often other > people's MUA will do pseudo-threading by subject line if there is no > other > threading information in the headers. > > Not clear about this. Are you saying I should > try to

Re: replying to a message in debian-user

2007-01-25 Thread Wesley J. Landaker
On Thursday 25 January 2007 10:26, Easthope wrote: > When I work at home, thunderbird can send a > reply to a message posted on this list. > > Presumeably it sends the Message-id of the > preceeding message, or a thread identifier > to the list maintenance program to allow > connecting the new mess

Re: replying to a message in debian-user

2007-01-25 Thread Roberto C. Sanchez
On Thu, Jan 25, 2007 at 09:26:12AM -0800, Easthope wrote: > > Thunderbird is not available when I am away > from home. Then I must use a Web based MUA, > MailSite Express version 7.0.3, Rockliffe > Email Server. > > In this circumstance, is there any way to > reply to a message so that the

Re: Replying to list

2006-08-11 Thread Michelle Konzack
Am 2006-06-21 17:03:23, schrieb Johannes Wiedersich: > For users of virus-ridden OSes that also means that e-mail viruses > remain on the system until they are deleted, expunged and compacted > (yes, three individual manual steps!) ...and if you have had no Virus-Scanner installed, a new AV-Sof

Re: Replying to list

2006-06-26 Thread Matus UHLAR - fantomas
On 24.06.06 14:05, David E. Fox wrote: > But at this job, everything was top post. The emailer pretty much > forced you to edit that way - I recall spending time tryiing to > reformat the emails to look like what I'm used to, but eventually gave > up. After all, it's a different environment, and ju

Re: replying "to list"

2006-06-25 Thread Default User
On Sun, 2006-06-25 at 07:42 +0200, Thibaut Paumard wrote: > Le samedi 24 juin 2006 à 21:18 -0500, Default User a écrit : > > Gee, I almst hate to ask, but: > > > > I use the defult Evolution email client in Debian stable. When I choose > > "reply to list" when replying to a post on debian-user@li

Re: replying "to list"

2006-06-24 Thread Thibaut Paumard
Le samedi 24 juin 2006 à 21:18 -0500, Default User a écrit : > Gee, I almst hate to ask, but: > > I use the defult Evolution email client in Debian stable. When I choose > "reply to list" when replying to a post on debian-user@lists.debian.org > instead of putting that in the to: field, it puts t

Re: Replying to list

2006-06-24 Thread Dave Patterson
* Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-06-24 05:00:28 -0500]: > What problem do you see with Tbird? Nothing, really, for quick basic setup, it's terrific, and using imap mailboxes does indeed let you switch between mua's at will.. Tbird out of the box, though, does not let me sort mailboxes t

Re: Replying to list

2006-06-24 Thread David E. Fox
On Thu, 22 Jun 2006 09:36:15 + "Lynn Kilroy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I use MSN Hotmail. Seems MSN Hotmail doesn't work quite the same way your > cludgy e-mail clients {oft mentioned in your article} do. I've never liked web-based email. Enough said. :) > Furthermore, most common user

Re: Replying to list

2006-06-24 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dave Patterson wrote: > * Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-06-23 > 13:13:50 -0700]: > >> On Fri, Jun 23, 2006 at 01:30:49PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: >>> Andrew Sackville-West wrote: >>> > >> yes. bring on the brick-bats! >> > Hear,

Re: Replying to list

2006-06-23 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Sat, Jun 24, 2006 at 08:19:55AM +0700, Dave Patterson wrote: > * Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-06-23 13:13:50 -0700]: > > > On Fri, Jun 23, 2006 at 01:30:49PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > > > Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > > > > > yes. bring on the brick-bats! > > > Hear,

Re: Replying to list

2006-06-23 Thread Dave Patterson
* Andrew Sackville-West <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-06-23 13:13:50 -0700]: > On Fri, Jun 23, 2006 at 01:30:49PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > > Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > > yes. bring on the brick-bats! > Hear, here. I've used Mutt/Getmail/Exim/Procmail for a long time. Tried T-bird about t

Re: Replying to list

2006-06-23 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Fri, Jun 23, 2006 at 01:30:49PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > > > There seem to be two ways to handle it, bludgeon them for their > > lack of knowledge and drive them away, or be a gentle persuader > > and convert them over time. > > But it's so much more satisfyin

Re: Replying to list

2006-06-23 Thread Steve Lamb
Derek Martin wrote: > I have about two dozen e-mail addresses, and I find Mutt does an excellent > job of dealing with them. Perhaps you are just not yet familiar enough > with Mutt's features to know how powerful it can be for managing > this... I am quite familiar with mutt's lack of feat

Re: Replying to list

2006-06-23 Thread Steve Lamb
martin f krafft wrote: > Anyway, for multiple personalities, check out hooks and muttprofile. > Works fine for me and many others. I am well aware of those and they are not nearly enough. -- Steve C. Lamb | But who decides what they dream? PGP Key: 8B6E99C5 |

Re: Replying to list

2006-06-23 Thread Steve Lamb
Thibaut Paumard wrote: > You will of course note that the "Debianistas" can point the Reply-To > header to the list themselves if they feel so inclined. Actually I got myself in trouble on another list when they told me that if I wanted a sane list policy when it came to posting to the list (n

Re: Replying to list

2006-06-23 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Andrew Sackville-West wrote: > On Thu, Jun 22, 2006 at 04:04:40PM -0500, Seth Goodman wrote: > [...] >> So getting back to the topic of this thread, insisting that >> "all competent mailers" have a 'Reply to List' function, when >> none of the most co

Re: Replying to list

2006-06-23 Thread Rick Reynolds
There is nothing wrong with telling people that their is [broken|not-standards-compliant|...] but the reality is that we can only do that gently as a way to begin educating others. Case in point: my sister uses hotmail and insists on top-posting. I pointed out once how this didn't work so well,

Re: Replying to list

2006-06-23 Thread Andrew Sackville-West
On Thu, Jun 22, 2006 at 04:04:40PM -0500, Seth Goodman wrote: [...] > So getting back to the topic of this thread, insisting that "all > competent mailers" have a 'Reply to List' function, when none of the > most common mailers for people trapped in the most widely used operating > system have the

RE: Replying to list

2006-06-23 Thread Thibaut Paumard
Le vendredi 23 juin 2006 à 09:48 -0500, Seth Goodman a écrit : > > > I'd say it's quite a stretch to say that Elm is at the forefront > > > of MUA technology. > > > > But who was talking elm? Last I checked we had references to > > mutt and Thunderbird. Both of which do innovative things with

Re: Replying to list

2006-06-23 Thread Mike McCarty
Thibaut Paumard wrote: Le jeudi 22 juin 2006 à 11:50 -0500, Mike McCarty a écrit : Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: If it's not an FAQ, why doesn't this list use the "Reply-to" field in the address headers? It's not a FAQ, it's a FFF (Frequent Flame Fest) around here.[...] Well, an argument get

RE: Replying to list

2006-06-23 Thread Seth Goodman
On Thursday, June 22, 2006 5:53 PM -0500, Steve Lamb wrote: > Seth Goodman wrote: > > I'd say it's quite a stretch to say that Elm is at the forefront > > of MUA technology. > > But who was talking elm? Last I checked we had references to > mutt and Thunderbird. Both of which do innovative t

Re: Replying to list

2006-06-23 Thread Peter Hillier-Brook
Ron Johnson wrote: Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: [snip] A final question: as I need to share the printers, both USB connected to my Etch machine, with a Sarge system, is the right way forward to use lpd, or is CUPS viable? CUPS is good at this. You've got to fiddle with the

Re: Replying to list

2006-06-23 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: [snip] > > A final question: as I need to share the printers, both USB > connected to my Etch machine, with a Sarge system, is the right > way forward to use lpd, or is CUPS viable? CUPS is good at th

Re: Replying to list

2006-06-23 Thread Derek Martin
On Thu, Jun 22, 2006 at 11:07:13PM -0700, Steve Lamb wrote: > Derek Martin wrote: > > It is probably the most configurable and most powerful MUA in > > existence today, making easy many things which should be and making > > possible many things which are hard or impossible using other clients. > >

Re: Replying to list

2006-06-23 Thread martin f krafft
also sprach Steve Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006.06.23.0807 +0200]: > > It is probably the most configurable and most powerful MUA in > > existence today, making easy many things which should be and making > > possible many things which are hard or impossible using other clients. > > While mak

Re: Replying to list

2006-06-23 Thread Peter Hillier-Brook
Ron Johnson wrote: What printer(s) do you use? HP DeskJet 970Cxi and Canon PIXMA MP780 You probably already found these links in Google. Too bad it's not the 970Cxi ... http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=HP-DeskJet_970C http://www.turboprint.info/printers.html http://www.li

Re: Replying to list

2006-06-23 Thread Thibaut Paumard
Le jeudi 22 juin 2006 à 11:50 -0500, Mike McCarty a écrit : > Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: > > If it's not an FAQ, why doesn't this list use the "Reply-to" field in > > the address headers? > > It's not a FAQ, it's a FFF (Frequent Flame Fest) around here.[...] Well, an argument gets faster when yo

Re: Replying to list

2006-06-23 Thread chris roddy
Let's kick it up a notch. cmr Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: Juha Tuuna wrote: On Wednesday, 21. June 2006 15:55, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: If it's not an FAQ, why doesn't this list use the "Reply-to" field in the address headers? A couple of times recently I've hit Reply and sent a response t

Re: Replying to list

2006-06-23 Thread Marc Wilson
On Wed, Jun 21, 2006 at 03:34:24PM +0100, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: > I wouldn't call Thunderbird incompetent, but your point is well taken. I would. -- Marc Wilson | All of the animals except man know that the principal [EMAIL PROTECTED] | business of life is to enjoy it. -- To UN

Re: Replying to list

2006-06-23 Thread Marc Wilson
On Thu, Jun 22, 2006 at 12:32:18PM -0400, Carl Fink wrote: > Not real relevant until CUPS gets fixed. Have you tried tonight's CUPS packages yet? Apparently the maintainer has decided after all that multiple configuration files is a bad idea. Myself, I decided not to bother just yet. -- Marc

Re: Replying to list

2006-06-22 Thread Steve Lamb
Derek Martin wrote: > It is probably the most configurable and most powerful MUA in > existence today, making easy many things which should be and making > possible many things which are hard or impossible using other clients. While making hard what other clients make trivial and makes it an e

Re: Replying to list

2006-06-22 Thread Derek Martin
On Thu, Jun 22, 2006 at 04:04:40PM -0500, Seth Goodman wrote: > So getting back to the topic of this thread, insisting that "all > competent mailers" have a 'Reply to List' function, when none of the > most common mailers for people trapped in the most widely used operating > system have the requir

Re: Replying to list

2006-06-22 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > [cut] > >>> NB The headers in my original post show that I'm still a prisoner >>> of Windows and rc scripts are not an option. If I ever get my >>> printers working under Debian then I'll consider the

Re: Replying to list

2006-06-22 Thread Clive Menzies
On (22/06/06 23:20), Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: > Ron Johnson wrote: > [cut] > > >>NB The headers in my original post show that I'm still a prisoner > >>of Windows and rc scripts are not an option. If I ever get my > >>printers working under Debian then I'll consider the final > >>switch. > > > >W

Re: Replying to list

2006-06-22 Thread Steve Lamb
Seth Goodman wrote: > I'd say it's quite a stretch to say that Elm is at the forefront of MUA > technology. But who was talking elm? Last I checked we had references to mutt and Thunderbird. Both of which do innovative things with mail and both of which, admittedly, have serious warts. --

Re: Replying to list

2006-06-22 Thread Peter Hillier-Brook
Ron Johnson wrote: [cut] NB The headers in my original post show that I'm still a prisoner of Windows and rc scripts are not an option. If I ever get my printers working under Debian then I'll consider the final switch. What printer(s) do you use? HP DeskJet 970Cxi and Canon PIXMA MP780 Pet

RE: Replying to list

2006-06-22 Thread Seth Goodman
On Thursday, June 22, 2006 2:02 PM -0500, Steve Lamb wrote: > Lynn Kilroy wrote: > > I use MSN Hotmail. Seems MSN Hotmail doesn't work quite the same > > way your cludgy e-mail clients {oft mentioned in your article} do. > > Cludgy? Actually these are quite on the forefront. I'd say it's qu

Re: Replying to list

2006-06-22 Thread Steve Lamb
Lynn Kilroy wrote: > I use MSN Hotmail. Seems MSN Hotmail doesn't work quite the same way > your cludgy e-mail clients {oft mentioned in your article} do. Cludgy? Actually these are quite on the forefront. Cludgy would be Hotmail, Y!Mail, Outlook. Most of which are stuck in the stone age w

Re: Replying to list

2006-06-22 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Carl Fink wrote: > On Thu, Jun 22, 2006 at 11:10:51AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > >> Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: > >>> NB The headers in my original post show that I'm still a prisoner >>> of Windows and rc scripts are not an option. If I ever get my

Re: Replying to list

2006-06-22 Thread Florian Kulzer
On Thu, Jun 22, 2006 at 05:09:06 -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > Lynn Kilroy wrote: > > I am going to be a little nasty on this one, fellas, by breaking > > all your perfectly held and highly valued netiquette. > > > [snip vituperation] > > with consumer model clients must do} I'm sure your opinions w

Re: Replying to list

2006-06-22 Thread Mike McCarty
Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: If it's not an FAQ, why doesn't this list use the "Reply-to" field in the address headers? It's not a FAQ, it's a FFF (Frequent Flame Fest) around here. There are three ways of doing things in this world: the Right Way, the Wrong Way, and the Debian Way. Welcome to th

Re: Replying to list

2006-06-22 Thread Carl Fink
On Thu, Jun 22, 2006 at 11:10:51AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: > > NB The headers in my original post show that I'm still a prisoner > > of Windows and rc scripts are not an option. If I ever get my > > printers working under Debian then I'll consider the final > > swit

Re: Replying to list

2006-06-22 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: > Juha Tuuna wrote: >> On Wednesday, 21. June 2006 15:55, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: [snip] > I didn't wish for it: I asked a question and seem to have started > WW3:-) Hah! This isn't even a minor border skirmish... > NB

Re: Replying to list

2006-06-22 Thread Peter Hillier-Brook
Juha Tuuna wrote: On Wednesday, 21. June 2006 15:55, Peter Hillier-Brook wrote: If it's not an FAQ, why doesn't this list use the "Reply-to" field in the address headers? A couple of times recently I've hit Reply and sent a response to the originator, rather than the list - for which I apologis

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