Re: [CGUYS] TERRIBLE SUBJECT! [Was: COMPUTERGUYS-L Digest - 3 Feb 2009...

2009-02-04 Thread Jordan
I don't understand. Sorting by thread in Thunderbird keeps every subject separate. Am I missing something? Ralph wrote: I have two gmail accounts - my regular one that I download into Thunderbird, and this one that I read online. Since the online Gmail interface collates messages by Subject

Re: [CGUYS] TERRIBLE SUBJECT! [Was: COMPUTERGUYS-L Digest - 3 Feb 2009...

2009-02-04 Thread Ralph
I have two gmail accounts - my regular one that I download into Thunderbird, and this one that I read online. Since the online Gmail interface collates messages by Subject line, it removes the need to subscribe using the Digest option. Those voluminous threads you refer to, appear as one-line

Re: [CGUYS] TERRIBLE SUBJECT! [Was: COMPUTERGUYS-L Digest - 3 Feb 2009...

2009-02-04 Thread Ralph
Setup a unique gmail username specifically for subscribing to the computerguys. DON'T download it to Thunderbird - read it by logging in online, where gmail will group the messages by topic, with the primary sort by most recent time-stamp. When you encounter a thread that doesn't interest you,

[CGUYS] TERRIBLE SUBJECT! [Was: COMPUTERGUYS-L Digest - 3 Feb 2009...

2009-02-03 Thread Tom Piwowar
Good answer. Terrible subject line. Especially now, as the thread that ate the CGUYS list continues, it is important to have the correct subject line on replies. To change the application for a single file, it's very similar to the windows situation. Right-click on the file and in the popup

Re: [CGUYS] TERRIBLE SUBJECT! [Was: COMPUTERGUYS-L Digest - 3 Feb 2009...

2009-02-03 Thread David K Watson
As I've said before (but not recently), I get the list in digest form and have to paste in the subject line manually. Sometimes I forget. I apologize for doing it again (as I have apologized for doing it previously). It would be horribly distracting for me to get each posting as it comes in,