On Apr 17, 2009, at 10:36 AM, Harold Fuchs wrote:
In Thunderbird's *mail* component, which is what I use on one of my
computers, it is possible to set up a "filter" that, for example,
highlights
in red in the Inbox all moderated messages i.e. those from
unsubscribed
users. I have done this and obviously it makes life simpler.
Thunderbird's
*news* component does not allow one to do this and one has to
examine the
headers "by eye". So using TB to reply to this list via Gmane is
that little
bit more awkward.
I've done the same sort of thing with OSX Mail, but haven't sorted out
yet how to do more sophisticated things like replying automatically.
You might post instructions for creating your Thunderbird rule. (I did
that earlier for OSX Mail.) I've received a note from one of our
subscribers, saying he'd like to do that but doesn't know how, and I
believe many subscribers use Thunderbird's mail component.
Firefox also does not allow the creation of an appropriate filter.
Haven't
tried Internet Explorer. Some other *mail* programs allow the
creation of an
appropriate filter, others don't. I don't know about other *news*
programs.
I suspect it would be difficult for a browser to implement filters for
webmail. It would be easier to provide that sort of capability in the
interface at Yahoo's, Google's, whomever's server. A newsreader is a
different matter because it should "know" everything it's dealing with
is essentially email. It's a bit surprising to learn, then, that
Thunderbird's newsreader doesn't support filters. Not sure what to
expect when something like Gmane's in the middle of things.
Dave
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