On 2010-08-14 09:11 , Walter Gilbert wrote:
So, on the off-chance that it was extremely busy (I know some lists generate hundreds of emails a day), I decided to just get it in digest form so I wouldn't have to wade through them all.
use a filter to put them in a "pdml" mailbox (or in Gmail use a label with a filter that "skips the inbox"); then you can ignore the list at will, do mass deletes, etc.
I'm still not sure I'm expressing myself clearly. My main concern is having my replies appear correctly within an expanded thread.
many people don't have (or don't use) a threaded view of email, so they may have no idea what you're talking about; others have a flat view of threads that stirs in everything with the same subject line, so they may not understand hierarchical threads nor out-of-thread replies
the key to proper threading is that the reply includes a reference to the specific original message in a header; the digest format makes such a reply impossible
Also, I'd like to respond without having the individual I'm replying to receive a notification from both the list, as well as a direct email from me, just to avoid the redundancy. I suppose it's a pretty minor thing, really. But, it's one of those netiquette things I try to abide by whenever possible.
there is a setting in email clients as to whether to (simplifying a bit) reply to all, reply to sender or reply to list; this list by default sets the Reply-To: to the list (not all lists do); some versions of netiquette actually favor reply-all; i switched from that side to the single reply camp a few years ago
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