NoOp wrote: > On 10/05/2008 03:51 AM, Harold Fuchs wrote: > >> On 05/10/2008 01:34, NoOp wrote: >> >> <snip> >> >>> @Kaye: if you've not unsubscribed yet, you might instead give the gmane >>> newsreader a try instead of using the email list. That way you won't >>> receive any list email, but can easily read and post via most any proper >>> newsreader (Thunderbird, SeaMonkey, etc., I don't know what Earthlink >>> uses). You only need to point your newsreader to the link provided on >>> the http://www.openoffice.org/mail_list.html >>> <quote> >>> For those who prefer to use newsgroups rather than e-mail mailing lists, >>> there are the Gmane newsgroups. For more information on Gmane, contact >>> Gmane. To correspond via newsgroups, you can use open-source >>> command-line clients, Mozilla, or many other clients. The Gmane server >>> address is: >>> >>> * news.gmane.org >>> </quote> >>> >>> This list is: news://news.gmane.org/gmane.comp.openoffice.questions >>> >>> >>> >>> >> NoOp, please why does gmane help with this? I just subscribed and I got >> exactly the same number of rubbish (Kaye Evans etc.) messages as I got >> via e-mail. I really don't understand the benefit of using gmane. Except >> that it doesn't interfere with other mail traffic but I use a special >> address for this list that I don't use for anything else. >> >> > > Well, the primary difference is that you didn't get those 800+ messages > in your inbox. But this actually is a good example; having seen the 800+ > Kaye Evans blast, I read one (I use SeaMonkey but the same works for > Thunderbird) and immediately set a filter to delete her messages from my > newsreader message list. I then closed SeaMonkey and deleted the > gmane.comp.openoffice.questions.msf file and reopened SeaMonkey and the > newsgroup - poof no more KE. > > >
I did the same thing in Seamonkey mail. Add the filter, run it on the folder and 700+ messages disappear. -- Use OpenOffice.org <http://www.openoffice.org> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
