Date: Sat, 23 Nov 2002 20:45:14 -0700 (MST) From: Warren Block <wblock@wonkity.com> To: Doug Lee <dgl@dlee.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Mail to News software suggestions? Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0211232036001.83580-100000@wonkity.com> In-Reply-To: <20021123231245.GA4342@kirk.dlee.org>
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On Sat, 23 Nov 2002, Doug Lee wrote: > On Sat, Nov 23, 2002 at 04:03:40PM -0700, Warren Block wrote: > > An alternative that works almost as well and is simpler to set up: have > > procmail sort your mail into different directories by mailing list. > > That addresses the physical storage, but the reason I want news format > is I prefer the nn/trn interface over the mail readers I've used--the > ability to see a screen of subjects, pick what I want to read, then > hit a key to (1) go to the next screen and (2) mark "read" all I did > not mark on the first screen. That's pretty much what I do with Pine. Sorting by "OrderedSubj" does a reasonable job of keeping threads together, and D deletes the message to mark it as read and make it go away. Messages I want to keep as a reminder of a thread just hang around until I delete them. -Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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