Like many (I suspect) I'm mostly a lurker as I've not been doing a lot
of development work over the last little while, however, that is
changing.
For some years now I've had all my list subscriptions going to Gmail
and I access that account through Mail using POP. Using a threaded
view on the Gmail mailbox I'm able to quickly scan through threads and
reply if needed to the list without dealing with digest issues or
having to cut & paste. This also keeps the msg id intact which helps
mail programs thread it.
After scanning/reading a message I usually delete it in Mail - but
since I have each list tagged by Gmail I can if necessary search for
previous posts using Gmail's web based interface which also does a
great job of threading and searching. Deleting the message in Mail
just keeps the Inbox clean :D and lets me get on with work rather than
wading through 500+ messages...
The only reason I don't use a rule to through it into a folder and
delete it from there is that when I did try that I tended to let
things build up and eventually end up with a folder with 30,000+ items
in it... wasn't pretty and explained why Mail ground to a halt... but
that was a while ago on another cat altogether...
Cheers
Craig
On 20/10/2008, at 11:32 AM, Kiel Gillard wrote:
Hi all,
I subscribe to the cocoa-dev list RSS feed instead of receiving
individual or digest emails. I find this approach is a fast and
convenient method to scan the topics, examine individual messages and
receive regular updates to the cocoa-dev's content without flooding my
inbox. In contrast, if I choose to use the digest mode, I have to
scroll or search digests for particular topics and delete digest
messages once I'm done with them, which is obviously more tedious.
Using an RSS feed reader, it can automatically check for new content
and with a keystroke investigate or dismiss content. Given that I read
the list more than I contribute to it, I prefer using the RSS feed.
However the RSS feed approach carries two problems. Firstly, I cannot
reply to individuals off-list because their email addresses are
censored. Finally, my contributions become tedious to compose as I
have to copy and paste relevant information such as previous messages
and subject headers into the new reply.
Can anyone offer any advice or suggestions? Or should I settle for the
cumbersome digest mode?
Thanks,
Kiel Gillard
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