SOLVED The format (or lack thereof) of the list...

2001-07-14 Thread will trillich
On Sat, Jul 14, 2001 at 03:56:17PM +0200, Carel Fellinger wrote: > On Fri, Jul 13, 2001 at 09:22:44PM -0500, will trillich wrote: > > On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 06:01:39PM -0400, D-Man wrote: > ... > > > folder-hook . set sort=date ; set index_format="%4C %Z%{%b%d} > > > %-15.15F(%4l) %s" > > I thin

Re: The format (or lack thereof) of the list...

2001-07-14 Thread D-Man
On Sat, Jul 14, 2001 at 03:56:17PM +0200, Carel Fellinger wrote: | On Fri, Jul 13, 2001 at 09:22:44PM -0500, will trillich wrote: | > On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 06:01:39PM -0400, D-Man wrote: | ... | > > folder-hook . set sort=date ; set index_format="%4C %Z%{%b%d} %-15.15F(%4l) %s" | | I think this

Re: The format (or lack thereof) of the list...

2001-07-14 Thread Wayne Topa
Subject: Re: The format (or lack thereof) of the list... Date: Fri, Jul 13, 2001 at 09:22:44PM -0500 In reply to:will trillich Quoting will trillich([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 06:01:39PM -0400, D-Man wrote: > > Here's what I do (lots of > >

Re: The format (or lack thereof) of the list...

2001-07-14 Thread Carel Fellinger
On Fri, Jul 13, 2001 at 09:22:44PM -0500, will trillich wrote: > On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 06:01:39PM -0400, D-Man wrote: ... > > folder-hook . set sort=date ; set index_format="%4C %Z%{%b%d} %-15.15F(%4l) > > %s" I think this should read: folder-hook . 'set sort=date ; set index_format="%4C %Z%

Re: The format (or lack thereof) of the list...

2001-07-13 Thread will trillich
On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 06:01:39PM -0400, D-Man wrote: > Here's what I do (lots of > irrelevant options snipped): > > -- > # work-around broken mailing list software > set ignore_list_reply_to = yes > > set forward_format = "FW: %s" > >

Re: The format (or lack thereof) of the list...

2001-07-13 Thread D-Man
On Fri, Jul 13, 2001 at 09:16:50AM -0500, Dave Sherohman wrote: | On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 06:01:39PM -0400, D-Man wrote: | > On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 03:42:33PM -0500, Dave Sherohman wrote: | > | Or, better, just tell it that debian-user is a list. Maybe I'm just | > | doing something wrong, but wh

Re: The format (or lack thereof) of the list...

2001-07-13 Thread Dave Sherohman
On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 06:01:39PM -0400, D-Man wrote: > On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 03:42:33PM -0500, Dave Sherohman wrote: > | Or, better, just tell it that debian-user is a list. Maybe I'm just > | doing something wrong, but whenever I add a "subscribe " to my > | .muttrc, the to/from column shows

Re: The format (or lack thereof) of the list...

2001-07-12 Thread D-Man
On Fri, Jul 13, 2001 at 01:00:25AM +0200, Martin F. Krafft wrote: | also sprach Hall Stevenson (on Thu, 12 Jul 2001 03:16:30PM -0400): | > If you use mutt to read your mail, tell it that you subscribe | > to "debian-user" mailing list. Then, when you want to reply to | > a message and have it go *o

Re: The format (or lack thereof) of the list...

2001-07-12 Thread Martin F. Krafft
also sprach Hall Stevenson (on Thu, 12 Jul 2001 03:16:30PM -0400): > If you use mutt to read your mail, tell it that you subscribe > to "debian-user" mailing list. Then, when you want to reply to > a message and have it go *only* to the list, hit the letter > "L" (or is it lower-case "l" ??) instea

Re: The format (or lack thereof) of the list...

2001-07-12 Thread D-Man
On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 03:42:33PM -0500, Dave Sherohman wrote: | On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 03:16:30PM -0400, Hall Stevenson wrote: | > If you use mutt to read your mail, tell it that you subscribe | > to "debian-user" mailing list. | | Or, better, just tell it that debian-user is a list. Maybe I'm

Re: The format (or lack thereof) of the list...

2001-07-12 Thread Petr \[Dingo\] Dvorak
On Thu, 12 Jul 2001, User zos wrote: Uz> Since debian offers so many lists to look at and to subscribe to, why not Uz> have the name of the list appear in the subject automatically? For Uz> instance this list would be: Uz> Uz> [Deb-User] Subject use procmail to filter your mail .. Uz> Also sin

Re: The format (or lack thereof) of the list...

2001-07-12 Thread Dave Sherohman
On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 03:16:30PM -0400, Hall Stevenson wrote: > If you use mutt to read your mail, tell it that you subscribe > to "debian-user" mailing list. Or, better, just tell it that debian-user is a list. Maybe I'm just doing something wrong, but whenever I add a "subscribe " to my .mutt

Re: The format (or lack thereof) of the list...

2001-07-12 Thread User zos
On Thu, 12 Jul 2001, Peter S Galbraith wrote: > 1- Because you lose valuable screen space > 2- Because you can sort messages into separate folders anyway >(e.g. procmail) > They are generally considered bad. In other mailing list that do > this, I have mistakenly sent personal replies to the

Re: The format (or lack thereof) of the list...

2001-07-12 Thread User zos
I'm sorry. I guess this has all been discussed before. Don't mean to bring it up again. I was just thinking about it, that's all. :P On Thu, 12 Jul 2001, Miquel van Smoorenburg wrote: > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, > User zos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >Since debian offers so many lists to

Re: The format (or lack thereof) of the list...

2001-07-12 Thread D-Man
[ I missed this one the first time. ] | User zos wrote: | | Also since everyone here finds it in good taste to keep all replies | directed to the list (so we can all benefit) why not add a simple | reply-to: line? | | reply-to: debian-user@lists.debian.org Don't make this mistake. Instead rea

Re: The format (or lack thereof) of the list...

2001-07-12 Thread D-Man
On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 03:16:30PM -0400, Hall Stevenson wrote: | Mutt also has a "G" or "g" function for "groups" but I don't | use it. FYI, "g" stands for group-reply, which is called "Reply To All" in some other MUAs. "G" is used to retrieve mail from a POP3 server. -D

Re: The format (or lack thereof) of the list...

2001-07-12 Thread Colin Watson
User zos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Since debian offers so many lists to look at and to subscribe to, why not >have the name of the list appear in the subject automatically? For >instance this list would be: > >[Deb-User] Subject God, please no, there's little enough space in the subject line as

Re: The format (or lack thereof) of the list...

2001-07-12 Thread Alan Shutko
User zos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > [Deb-User] Subject [...and...] > That way you can just autmatically reply to the list and not have to > change your To: and CC: headers EVERY SINGLE TIME. Both of these are controversial, and annoy people (whether they're there or not). You can certainl

Re: The format (or lack thereof) of the list...

2001-07-12 Thread D-Man
On Thu, Jul 12, 2001 at 02:30:18PM -0400, User zos wrote: [ suggestion to put list name in subject ] I'm on some lists that do this and some that don't. I've found that when my filters work I like it better when the list doesn't because it keeps the subject shorter so it may actually fit on my sc

Re: The format (or lack thereof) of the list...

2001-07-12 Thread Peter S Galbraith
User zos wrote: > Since debian offers so many lists to look at and to subscribe to, why not > have the name of the list appear in the subject automatically? For > instance this list would be: > > [Deb-User] Subject 1- Because you lose valuable screen space 2- Because you can sort messages into

Re: The format (or lack thereof) of the list...

2001-07-12 Thread Hall Stevenson
> reply-to: debian-user@lists.debian.org > > That way you can just autmatically reply to the list > and not have to change your To: and CC: headers > EVERY SINGLE TIME. You can also reply to all > and then if you intend the original sender to get a > copy, they would recieve one too. If you use mu

Re: The format (or lack thereof) of the list...

2001-07-12 Thread Miquel van Smoorenburg
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, User zos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Since debian offers so many lists to look at and to subscribe to, why not >have the name of the list appear in the subject automatically? For >instance this list would be: > >[Deb-User] Subject Not again .. Mike. -- "dselect h

The format (or lack thereof) of the list...

2001-07-12 Thread User zos
Since debian offers so many lists to look at and to subscribe to, why not have the name of the list appear in the subject automatically? For instance this list would be: [Deb-User] Subject Also since everyone here finds it in good taste to keep all replies directed to the list (so we can all bene