On Fri, 2018-07-27 at 13:03 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > Please (PLEASE!) do NOT reply to digest messages. There is no > connection between this reply and the original thread it should be a > part of, making it difficult to trace the conversation and understand > what's going on. > > Once again: > > Digests are a creaking, outdated kludge that come from the days of UUCP > and dial-up modems. They have no place in a modern "always-on" > Internet, but for backward compatibility are still supported on some > lists, including this one. However that will only work if digest users > understand how to use them correctly. In particular, if you think you > NEED to use digests (you almost certainly don't), learn how to reply to > messages in a digest by right-clicking and selecting the Reply To > Digest option. This only works with MIME-formatted digests, but that > includes the Evolution list. > > Note that just re-editing the Subject line and doing a normal Reply > doesn't work, as it still loses the header thread references.
Mailman adds a header to every digest email. It states > Important: do NOT reply directly to this digest. If you wish to reply > to a component message, use your mailer's facility for this. In > Evolution: right-click and select from the pop-up menu, or use the > drop-down menu at the top of each message if available." As people tend to ignore this I'm tempted to set the "digestable" and "Edit_digest" administrator options to "No" for this mailing list. Though I don't know what that means for those list members who have "digest" enabled in their options... Cheers, andre -- Andre Klapper | ak...@gmx.net https://blogs.gnome.org/aklapper/ _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
