Re: [R] digest readability/ thunderbird email client/ R-help

[Michael Dewey]

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
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Re: [R] digest readability/ thunderbird email client/ R-help

[Martin Maechler]

Hi Sam,

> "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

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[R] digest readability/ thunderbird email client/ R-help

[Sam McClatchie]

System:
Linux kernel 2.6.15 Ubuntu dapper
R version 2.4.1
ESS on Emacs 21.4.1
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Colleagues

Has anyone figured out how to make the R-help digest more easily 
readable in the Thunderbird mail client? I think the digest used to be 
more readable than is currently the case with all of the messages as 
attachments.

I know the work around is to get individual messages rather than the 
digest, use another mail client, or just look at the archives on the web...

Best fishes

Sam

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Fisheries oceanographer
Southwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA,
8604 La Jolla Shores Drive
La Jolla, CA 92037-1508, U.S.A.
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