On Sat, 2018-07-28 at 08:35 -0400, C. Andrews Lavarre wrote: > Thanks again to all. > Sorry to stir up what seems to a sore subject, but it's something I seem to > do all the time: > If there is a problem to be solved I always find it (or more correctly it > finds me). :-( > That has been very profitable to me as a Test & Evaluation engineer, > but obviously a pain to others... Sorry... :-( > As to the digest: > • As a newbie here I would much prefer a normal Internet group (e.g., Google > Groups) over email of any sort, but if email it must be then the digest is > better than a constant flurry of incomings. >
As has been pointed out repeatedly, there is no reason to have to deal with a flurry of messages, even if the list had heavy traffic, which it doesn't. A simple filter+folder setup deals with this trivially and is what most people use. This is simply not an argument in my view. > • I think I've now learned to "Reply All" after right-clicking the > attachment. The preferred method for list messages is Reply To List, which does a better job of threading. Reply To All is sometimes required when someone breaks a thread, but otherwise is not necessary for list messages with proper headers. > However, I also then have to change the sender since > Evolution no longer uses the address that received the digest (alavarre > @privustech.com) but instead inserts the default user > ([email protected]) so you then get an email telling you the message > is in the moderator bit bucket awaiting approval as being sent by a > non-member. Firstly, it is definitely not good list etiquette to use more than one address when posting. Cases of this happening occur occasionally, normally by accident, but we will not hesitate to ban people who do this persistently. I understand that is not exactly what you are saying here, but please bear it in mind. In any case, if anything that is yet another reason to avoid using digests. Currently we have to deal manually with a fair amount of spam sent to the list address, which the membership doesn't ever see. Note that we are list *moderators*, not list *administrators*. We have no control over the underlying servers, which are run by the gnome.org admins. Reducing the number of non-member posts we have to handle is a Good Thing. > • I think that embedded in-line comments are preferred over top- or > bottom-posting. They are not only preferred, they are strongly encouraged on this list, as in most others of a technical nature. I assume it's an oversight that you didn't use them on this occasion. poc _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list [email protected] To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
