On Sun, July 3, 2011 1:34 am, [email protected] wrote:
> I am receiving digests.
> ...
> I am not familiar with using the mail client to organize received
> emails the way a forum organizes topics and responses. I am using gmail
> on Firefox.
>
> Michael Adams refers to "a properly threaded mailing list".
> Is this mailing list "properly threaded"?
> ...
> Here is an example of disconnects between items in a thread (see #1 and
> the responses):
> ...
> Should I be receiving the individual emails, then filter them by topic,
> then delete the emails I do not want at the moment (but might want
> later)? That is a lot of extra work.
Al,
in general, discussing lists vs forum is indeed like discussing religion.
However, since this *is* a list, please let me point out that you are
creating the problem above all by yourself, by subscribing to the digest.
This list is properly threaded, as all mailing lists, and if you use Gmail
it will do all the "extra work" by itself. And you'll only have to declare
as uninteresting the first email of each topic to not see the others.
If you like forums best that's OK, but the only thing that creates the
problem you have here and now is the digest. I really, really don't
understand why digests are still offered as options, if they disappeared
life would be better. Switch to normal subscription and you'll be happy.
Or happier than now at least.
Marco
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