On Mon 31 Oct 2016 at 17:58:18 -0400, Felix Miata wrote: > Brian composed on 2016-10-31 19:11 (UTC): > > >With POP3 you could find mailfilter useful. > > Issue here is about wasted bandwidth, something local filtering cannot > handle AFAICT. Bugs usually have links to attachments that can be clicked on
You didn't say how you got mail. I thought the "POP3" would prompt you to say. But we are still in the dark. And it does not appear you have investigated what mailfilter can do if your bandwidth is contrained > when seeing them by list mail recipient is wished. Why they need to go out > to all subscribers and populate mailing list archives I don't grok. I'd > think at least by option subscribers could choose not having bug attachments > attached to each list mail. Debian conducts its business through mailing lists and bug reports can be a crucial part of it. If you are particularly interested in a list you take the rough with the smooth. Use the "d" key. Otherwise, you unsubscribe. -- Brian.
