On 29 Jun 2006 20:33:38 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main
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Eric Bielefeld wrote:
I've also used sorting by threads, but Outlook Express
doesn't work very well for me when you have 20 or 30
emails that you want to save for a while in my in
basket. I haven't figured out how to get all my IBM-Main
emails into a folder and keep them going there. I did it
when I had Groupwise at work.
You might try what I do: Post via the LISTSERV, but
set the account to NOMAIL. Then read via the Newsgroup
bit.listserv.ibm-main . My newsreader (Agent) threads the
posts (mostly), and it gives me at least as good control as
Charles reports: I mark some threads for auto-retrieval, I
don't even download the posts in some threads, and the rest
I make individual decisions about.
There are two additional features I like:
1. It's pull technology. I get the posts when I want to,
and I'm not constantly bothered by several dozen e-mails per day.
2. Some people don't know about the LISTSERV and post
directly to the newsgroup. I get to see those posts. (And
tell the posters that most of the people *aren't* seeing
their posts.) For instance, you probably didn't see the
response in this thread by bfwd who said:
Many of those retired, laid off, or, for whatever reason,
not working
are using this as a chat room.
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