On Wed, Aug 02, 2006 at 02:38:58PM +0100, Timwi wrote:
John Lyden wrote:
Why, praytell, are you using digests???
Some people just don't LIKE volumes of mail being dumped in their inbox.
Am I really the only person in the whole world that uses the
newsgroups?... I keep seeing this false dilemma fallacy, and nobody ever
responds to it to set it straight.
Digests are the absolutely dumbest and worst imaginable way to solve the
"volumes of mail" problem.
I do not agree, but you have to use the digest sensibly. I download them
using fetchmail with pop3. I read mail with mutt. When I see a digest, I
hit control S and the digest message is piped through a script called
metamutt that opens a separate mutt temporay folder with all the
messages split out from the digest. I can then skip through these, exit
back the main folder and delete the digest. If I want to keep a message
I just save it from the temp folder to a main folder. Download is
easier and reading them is clearer. I almost always subscribe to lists
via the digest mode. The only negatives is the delay in getting messages
and a bug that means I have to save a message to a main folder before
replying.
Brian
Timwi
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