I'm not sure if Pipeline supports it (I'm an alum that used good old mutt and 
fetchmail.), but you might look for an option to turn on threading so that messages of 
the same thread are shown together instead of in chronological order.
On Thu, Sep 05, 2002 at 08:47:47PM -0500, Donald J Bindner wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 05, 2002 at 07:49:29PM -0500, Benjamin Story wrote:
> > Do yourself a favor and filter the group off into a folder.
> > The reason that we switched to an e-mail based format is that
> > people are more likely to interact.  If you need help setting
> > up procmail, let us know.
> 
> He's right there.  People were much more likely to interact on
> a mailing list.  We used to have a newsgroup, but it's only good
> if people check it.  This way stuff comes to you.
> 
> Historically even the mailing list has not meen so well-used.  It
> generally has bursts (like now at the beginning of a semester)
> and fades until it is mostly announcements of the next meeting.
> 
> At least it is very easy to filter the traffic since all posts
> have [tslug] in the subject line.  I see you are sending you mail
> from Campus Pipeline.  In the mail window, you should create a
> new folder for tslug mail, then choose Options->Filters->Create
> Filter.  Set "Subject begins with: [tslug]" to go into your new
> folder.
> 
> That should make things much more manageable.
> 
> Don
> 
> -- 
> Don Bindner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 
> 

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