Thanks Martin and Michael The plain digest option works well with Thunderbird.
Best fishes Sam ---- Sam McClatchie, Fisheries oceanographer Southwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA, 8604 La Jolla Shores Drive La Jolla, CA 92037-1508, U.S.A. email <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cellular: 858 752 8495 Research home page <http://www.fishocean.info> /\ ...>><xX(°> //// \\\\ <°)Xx><< ///// \\\\\\ ><(((°> >><(((°> ...>><xX(°>O<°)Xx><< ----- Original Message ----- From: Michael Dewey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sunday, April 29, 2007 5:20 am Subject: Re: [R] digest readability/ thunderbird email client/ R-help > At 21:00 28/04/2007, Martin Maechler wrote: > >Hi Sam, > > I posted a request for information on how various mailers handled > this so I could summarise the results and put it on a helpful > webpage. Nobody was willing to sing the praises of his/her > favourite > mailer so the only one I can suggest is the one I use myself, > Eudora, > although that is now no longer under development. > > My offer is still open if anyone has anything to contribute. > > > > >>>>> "SamMc" == Sam McClatchie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >>>>> on Fri, 27 Apr 2007 11:21:56 -0700 writes: > > > > SamMc> System:Linux kernel 2.6.15 Ubuntu dapper > > ....... > > > > > > SamMc> Has anyone figured out how to make the R-help digest > > SamMc> more easily readable in the Thunderbird mail client? > > SamMc> I think the digest used to be more readable than is > > SamMc> currently the case with all of the messages as > > SamMc> attachments. > > > > SamMc> I know the work around is to get individual messages > > SamMc> rather than the digest, use another mail client, or > > SamMc> just look at the archives on the web... > > > > {and there are at least two alternatives to the standard > > archives, notably Gmane. > > BTW: Just found an URL that should list all R lists carried > > by them : http://dir.gmane.org/search.php?match=.r. > > > > > >It had been pointed out more than once that Thunderbird > >unfortunately is not adhering to the standard(s) of such > >digests-- too bad it still is not. > > > >One alternative is to get the digest as "plain" digest > >((which BTW another standard-complying digest format, that > > e.g. emacs Rmail or VM can easily deal with)) > >which will most probably just appear as one long e-mail in > >Thunderbird, with "table of contents" of all the subject lines, > >but nothing "clickable" > > > >Regards, > >Martin > > > >Martin Maechler, ETH Zurich > > Michael Dewey > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.aghmed.fsnet.co.uk/home.html > > ______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.
