On Sunday 03 July 2011 11:34, [email protected] wrote: > "I have no problem using xxxx. What is wrong with you?" responses > are NOT helpful.
Actually what i was doing was countering your heavily biased towards forums post with one as equally bias towards mailing lists. I understand that we are at polar opposites in that regard. "Vive La Différence". I celebrate the fact that we have both here to cater for that range of choice. > I can see that there are several assumptions being made here. > One is that I am receiving individual emails when in fact I am > receiving digests. Nope, i did not make that assumption. Quoting myself "In this regard i find that recieving digest mails does not help." > Another is, that I am assuming that members have used digest > readers in the "old days" - before Mosaic. OpenOffice.org did not exist before Mosaic. > I find the forum more useful to browse topics and choose which ones > to look at. > The forum provides a repository that is easy to access. > The archive site shows each item of a thread as a separate line, > using much space. > The forum format is more compact. > > 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"? A mail client will properly thread emails in a folder if you tell it too. Attached is a PNG showing what I see. The list server maintains a hidden header which controls threading. [snip] > > 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. No - i filter mine by mailing list header to various folders. Each folder has an option to delete old e-mails after a preset number of days. Any information i find helpful i can copy and paste to an HTML helpfile. After ten years on this mailing list i am not adding a lot top my helpfiles except for differences between versions, and the odd surprising gem. The most recent gem was one that worked on Facebook of which i have only been a member for about two months (ʞɔıɹʇ ǝlʇʇıl sıɥʇ). > ==================== > I realize this is not directly about OOo. > However, it is associated in that I am seeking information about > OOo and asking for help. > ==================== > It appears that discussing list vs forum is like discussing > religion or politics. > I think we should retire my comments. My Opinion is that if you want forum help - Ask on a forum. Especially as you were asking specifically about Mac Software - Ask it on a Mac Forum. I am not taking this conversation to heart. I have had far too many conversations on-line to do that. But if someone shows a bias that i do not agree with, i reserve the right to take the equally opposite view point and challenge that view. It doesn't mean i think any less of you as a person, I'd probably still share a beer with you... at least you have opinions, that makes you far more interesting than many. Cheers -- Michael -- Michael -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe send email to [email protected] For additional commands send email to [email protected] with Subject: help
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