digesting the list (was:Re: Kubuntu 6.06 , Firefox. install)

[Eberhard Roloff]

> From: "Tod Merley" <todbot88 at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Kubuntu 6.06 , Firefox. install
> To: "Ubuntu user technical support,	not for general
> discussions" <ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
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> > Tip:
> > To prevent you from being flooded with hundreds of mails per
> > day, you can alter your subscription to get the list mail in
> > "digests", each containing about 10 mails.
> > It might also be more elegant to read the list with a
> > newsreader
> >
> > regards and wellcome to the world of Linux
> > Eberhard
> >
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> Hi Eberhard!
> 
> I used to do this.  The problem is that if you ever respond to
> any of the posts on the list (by changing the subject and
> deleting everything but the post) you still will not be
> included properly in the thread since the e-mail you responded
> to was a separate digest.
> 
> I am happy with three of these lists going in Gmail.  The sort
> functions save the day.
> 
Tod,

thanks very much for this valuable hint.

Honestly I was not aware of this, until I searched the list
archives yesterday night.

I apologize for spoiling threads.

I wonder whether there is a
way to get the list mail in digests, while keeping mail threads
intact.

Does anyone have any suggestions?

In the meantime, I changed back to getting list mail one by one,
since I do not want to optically "kill threads" and
personally value proper threading very high to keep control over
the discussion(s).

I wish I had known earlier....
Sorry again!
Eberhard


> Regards!
> 
> Tod