Many thanks, Steve!
I got my filter and folder set up and switched from digest to individual
notifications last night, so I should be all set to go. I've noticed
that my replies are threading correctly at the web interface for the
mail list when I click on the reply links and scroll down. I was
thinking, since they weren't appearing threaded on the "Messages by
Thread" page that I was doing something wrong.
I hadn't thought about others not using a threaded view of email. I
guess I just took it for granted ... a holdover from UseNet trolling. ;-)
Thanks for the explanation. I believe I have a pretty good grip on it now.
Best,
Walt
On 8/14/2010 11:17 AM, steve harley wrote:
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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