Michael Torrie <torr...@gmail.com> wrote: > Comparing to IMAP and Thunderbird: > > On 05/23/2018 04:39 PM, Chris Green wrote: > > Well from other comments here it seems I'm not alone but anyway:- > > > > Proper threading etc. is built in > > check. > > > > > It's automatically archived and one can search back through > > threads for old postings, this is by design not an add on. > > point conceded, although I've never used this feature when I was on Usenet. > > > Kill files and other similar filtering abilities are part of the > > user interface > > true, but I can get the same job done with thunderbird and my normal > email filtering that I do.
Possibly, but it's easier with most NNTP clients. I use both mailing lists (mutt) and Usenet (tin) and if I have the choice (as with Python) then I always go for Usenet/tin. > > > Automatic handling of new messages and a means to say "I've read > > everything here". > > Yes I can mark an entire thread as "read" in IMAP. > A *thread* yes, but not a whole list. I.e. if you read this using mail/IMAP you can mark a thread read but you can't mark *all* Python list messages read in one go can you? With tin/Usenet I look at the list of new subjects in the Python group, I may investigate a couple of threads, then I just hit 'C' and all of the Python group is marked as read. -- Chris Green · -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
