i understand what you are saying, but it would be nice to see the topics in the digests.
On 4/23/09, Nifty Tom Mitchell <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 08:43:20AM +0200, Jonathan Aquilina wrote: >> >> i know this has nothing to do with clustering, but im not sure how many >> of you get the digests of whats being said on the list. from other >> lists im a member such as the kubuntu and amarok mailing lists. could >> it be possilble at the beginning of each digest that we get a list of >> topics that are in it? > > This is a common request from time to time. > > You have a Gmail account so it makes sense > to use the Gmail filters and turn off digest mode. > The filter can label all the list messages place > them in a mail box and remove the clutter from your INBOX. > Then opening the gmail folder/label will let you see > a subject by subject display. > > If you pop/imap fetchmail your mail to a local reader or mbox then > look at ways to preserve the mail boxes (gmail labels) or use procmail > filters. There are some gmail issues with imap/pop that are > interesting. > > It is a common enough request that the web has a long list of digestify > and undigestify tools. Each has their own value equation. The old > guard likes a digest the way it is. This is incompatible with > those that want to see a magazine layout that begins with a TOC since > the TOC is not mailbox friendly. One could build a pseudo email message > that looked like a TOC. Some mail readers (I forget which) > can look into a digest as if it was a folder and then let you see > subject blocks, threads, by date etc... > > Since you have a gmail account use gmail filters and turn > off digest mode. > > Gmail does have some limits (pop/imap).... but for the ones I care about > multiple > gmail accounts solves those issues for me. > > If you really care consider contributing an alternate digest mode > (call it magazine mode) to the source of Mailman that can be applied > as a patch to vers 2.1.4+ > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/index.html > > I suspect any cool looking solution would be html and many dislike html > as it has security issues. > > There are RFCs that some consider important! > Digest message format: http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1153.html > so the existing format will NOT vanish. > > > > > -- > T o m M i t c h e l l > Found me a new hat, now what? > > -- Jonathan Aquilina _______________________________________________ Beowulf mailing list, [email protected] sponsored by Penguin Computing To change your subscription (digest mode or unsubscribe) visit http://www.beowulf.org/mailman/listinfo/beowulf
