On Fri, Jan 20, 2012 at 07:25:43PM +0100, Frank Steinmetzger wrote: > Dear users > > > In light of the recent thread about MLs and my constant encounter with the > following problem, I'd like to ask: > > How do _you_ start a new thread to a mailing list? > > My preferred method right now is to start a reply, but change the subject and > remove the Reference header. This is of course tedious and error-prone. But > it's also tedious to manage the list addresses in aliases and to enter/search > the relevant address each time. > > I noticed that M is not bound by default. So what do you think about a new > function "New message to list", assigned to M. It's similar to "Reply to > list", > bound to L, in that it takes the mailing list address from the currently > selected message, but it doesn't set the message up as a reply. That would be > a > very quick and easy way to start a new thread. > I use a file which is a list of all my mailing lists from which I derive aliases for use with M[ail] and lists and subscribe lists to put into my muttrc. Thus when I subscribe to a new list I just add it to my lists file and everything else follows automatically.
-- Chris Green
