Re: [Rd] Suggestions for R-devel / R-help digest format

2011-07-15 Thread Saravanan
Thanks David and Robert ! I am currently experimenting using two methods : (1) Gmail for threading and archiving using filters. (2) Using Thunderbird as a newsgroup reader by subscribing to gmane. I plan to do these both for few weeks before picking one of them. Regards, Saravanan On 07/15/20

Re: [Rd] Suggestions for R-devel / R-help digest format

2011-07-15 Thread David Smith
I use filters in gmail as well, and it works great. Here's my filter for r-devel: Has the words: list:"r-devel.r-project.org" Do this: Skip Inbox, Apply label "r-devel", Never send it to Spam A really easy way to create mailing list filters in Gmail is to click "show details" on the From line of

Re: [Rd] Suggestions for R-devel / R-help digest format

2011-07-15 Thread Robert M. Flight
Hi Saravanan, You don't need a separate GMail account, as others suggested. I use GMail as my client, and I have FILTERS set up to catch any R-Help, etc (really anything that comes from a specific address), archive the message so I don't see it in my inbox (unless someone is replying directly to m

Re: [Rd] Suggestions for R-devel / R-help digest format

2011-07-08 Thread Matthew Dowle
Don't most people use a newsreader? For example, pointed to here : gmane.comp.lang.r.general gmane.comp.lang.r.devel IIUC, NNTP downloads headers only, when you open any post it downloads the body at that point. So it's more efficient than email (assuming you don't open every single pos

Re: [Rd] Suggestions for R-devel / R-help digest format

2011-07-07 Thread Saravanan
Thanks Steve and Brian ! Probably, I will create a gmail account for mailing lists and let it take care of the threading. Regards, Saravanan On 07/07/2011 12:02 PM, Brian G. Peterson wrote: On Thu, 2011-07-07 at 11:44 -0500, Saravanan wrote: Hello, I am passive reader of both R-devel and R

Re: [Rd] Suggestions for R-devel / R-help digest format

2011-07-07 Thread Brian G. Peterson
On Thu, 2011-07-07 at 11:44 -0500, Saravanan wrote: > Hello, > > I am passive reader of both R-devel and R-help mailing lists. I am > sending the following comments to r-devel as it seemed more suitable. I > am aware that this list uses GNU mailman for the list management. I have > my options s

Re: [Rd] Suggestions for R-devel / R-help digest format

2011-07-07 Thread Steve Lianoglou
Hi, On Thu, Jul 7, 2011 at 12:44 PM, Saravanan wrote: > Hello, > > I am passive reader of both R-devel and R-help mailing lists. I am sending > the following comments to r-devel as it seemed more suitable. I am aware > that this list uses GNU mailman for the list management. I have my options > s

[Rd] Suggestions for R-devel / R-help digest format

2011-07-07 Thread Saravanan
Hello, I am passive reader of both R-devel and R-help mailing lists. I am sending the following comments to r-devel as it seemed more suitable. I am aware that this list uses GNU mailman for the list management. I have my options set that it sends a email digest. One thing I find is that the