* Jan Rifkinson >> MIME or UUencode, I don't know - may depend on the list server. The >> mails were attached as files , but not "clickable" because they had >> no extension (.txt for example).
> Hmmm.. Now I'm really confused as I always thought a MIME digest > [individual msgs as attachments] could be viewed by clicking on > them. This is a Windows issue: no extension, no doubleclicking. But as I said: it might depend on the list server - no big deal to give the attachments an ".txt" or ".msg" extension. > So if this is not the case, how does one view [say] a mime digest? [F9] - View Source. Just a bit uncomfortable because you're viewing /full/ headers and the MIME boundaries. I've unsubscribed long ago: 10 line plus signatures, full quoting at the bottom and even HTML as source - tbtech is paradise in comparison. >> [...] TB! allows you to thread by subject, From, To or references - >> so if you reply to the digest those who thread by From, To or >> Subject will not be affected, only those who thread by references. >> Unfortunately threading by references is the usual way because it >> is the one that makes the most sense. > I suppose threading by subject would be the least disruptive but out > of sequence, a msg might become quite meaningless. Not meaningless, because the possibility of two threads with exactly the same subject is small, just "out of order/sequence". [...] >>> Now I find out I can't do that w/o disrupting threads which would >>> screw everyone else up so I don't want to do that. [...] >> Including the message-ID in digest mode would solve the problem. > That's a good idea but wouldn't this cause a user to search for the > referenced ID to see the chain? Do you think this would be an > inconvenience? Would you, for example, be annoyed if you had to do > this? Sorry, I think this is a misunderstanding. I meant this: Having individual message-IDs, you could manually overwrite the digest message-ID reference by copying and pasting. This is rather irrelevant for the one who /reads/ the digest, because the original poster should quote all relevant parts to make the message fully understandable by itself. Thorsten -- Parental advisory: explicit content ______________________________________________________ Archives : http://tbtech.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
