After using it for a day, I got used to it. Not perfect, but not certainly not terrible.
On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 9:15 AM, P. J. Alling <[email protected]> wrote: > If you're using gmail, then you can configure it to work with a a pop > client, such as Thunderbird. I'm sure your ISP also offers this option. > Once it's set up it's much bette, (though some peoples mails don't seem to > thread properly. > > I had noticed that Gmail has recently upgraded their web interface to make > it unsuable to anyone used to either the web page metaphor or a real e-mail > client. I'm sure someone, somewhere must like it. > > On 5/20/2010 10:49 AM, mike wilson wrote: >> >> On 20 May 2010 15:40, John Francis<[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> >>> On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 08:57:30AM +0100, mike wilson wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> On 19 May 2010 19:57, steve harley<[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> >>>>> just noticed this buried in the Chicago thread (i use a true threaded >>>>> mail >>>>> reader, so if you use "reply" to post something on a new topic, it will >>>>> still get threaded with whatever you reply to) >>>>> >>>> >>>> <hijack> >>>> My ISP has recently changed its webmail interface to one "powered by >>>> Google" that does this. With no apparent way of turning it off. >>>> </hijack> >>>> >>> >>> Why would there be? That's the recommended (RFC-compliant) behaviour. >>> >> >> In over 20 years of using email, it's the first interface I've had to >> use that does this. >> >> >>> >>> If you don't want your message to be treated as a reply, you have >>> two choices: >>> >>> o Don't use the "reply" command. >>> >>> o find some way to edit headers to remove the "In-Reply-To:" and >>> "References:" line(s). >>> >>> Any email program that can do threading probably allows you to define >>> your own email aliases; just define "PDML" to go to the list address, >>> and you don't need to use a "reply" command at all. >>> >> >> It's not an email programme, per se. It's a web GUI designed for >> people who are (shall we say) less than technically proficient. The >> command capabilities seem to be extremely limited. As i said, I can't >> even order the messages. Of your three options, only the first seems >> to be possible. As the interface has speeded up quite dramatically, >> that may be the option I will choose, onovce I become more familiar >> with it. >> >> > > > -- > {\rtf1\ansi\ansicpg1252\deff0\deflang1033{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 > Courier New;}} > \viewkind4\uc1\pard\f0\fs20 I've just upgraded to Thunderbird 3.0 and the > interface subtly weird.\par > } > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
