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.

"M" is not bound but "m" is. Read the help page.



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