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
But proper threading, in relation to this list, is the very definition
of non-sequitur.
Just list all messages in order of arrival and save yourself huge
amounts of confusion and frustration. Although that doesn't work for me.
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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