On Aug 14, 2010, at 12:57 PM, Scott Zimmerman wrote: > I am subscribed to all of my groups in 'single e-mail' form. I have > configured Thunderbird to sort those groups into individual folders. By > doing this, I can look at things in a digest mode. If I want to get rid > of a bunch at one clip, I can select all and hit delete. > > Just my 2c worth of ideas. > > Scott
I agree with Scott, and take this one step further. I use an IMAP server (the real deal, not Microsoft's wacked-out IMAP in Exchange), and have the *server* sort all the mail into folders before it ever even gets looked at by my mail client software. Thunderbird, Apple's Mail.App on the Macs, the iPhone, the mail provider's mail web interface... all have the same "view" of the mail when I log on, and I can choose whether to read list mail (all nicely sorted and tagged as "new mail" in various folders) or just read the important stuff in my Inbox. The tools for managing e-mail are out there. They're just not commonly used. I'd go nuts if all this stuff came directly to my Inbox. That'd be crazy. List mail isn't personal mail, and the two don't need to ever mix. A challenge: For a highly "technical" hobby, very few hams have *really* done a deep-dive into their mail software and learned the feature-set. Give it a shot, it's well worth it! :-) You might be able to reward yourself with a nice "Repeater-Builder" folder, where all the RB mail goes, all by itself... and you can then read (or delete large swaths by subject line, even... since that's what the Subject line was created for, after all...) at your leisure! Have fun with it, -- Nate Duehr [email protected]
