I'm receiving the centos-request in digest mode. Using Fedora 10 and Evolution. When I tried to reply to a centos-request message inside the digest, the result doesn't seem to look right. I cut/paste the proper subject line (replacing the CentOS Digest, Vol NN, Issue nn text), but some have complained that this approach doesn't allow the original question and replies to be threaded. So...what is the appropriate way to respond when one is receiving the digest version? Dave
On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 07:42:28 AM -0400, David McGuffey wrote:> So...what is the appropriate way to respond when one is receiving > the digest version?It probably is to automatically split the digest into the original, separate message as soon as it arrives, using procmail or formail. Search for "procmail split digests" and you'll find several explanations. This said, I really have to ask: do whatever you like as long as you don't break threads but... why on Earth do you use digests? Are you with an ISP which limits how many messages you can receive per day? That's the only valid reasons I've ever read for digests in ~15 years of email usage... Just curious, Marco Fioretti -- Your own civil rights and the quality of your life heavily depend on how software is used *around* you: http://digifreedom.net/node/84
David McGuffey <davidmcguffey at ...> writes:> > I'm receiving the centos-request in digest mode. Using Fedora 10 and > Evolution. When I tried to reply to a centos-request message inside the > digest, the result doesn't seem to look right. I cut/paste the proper > subject line (replacing the CentOS Digest, Vol NN, Issue nn text), but > some have complained that this approach doesn't allow the original > question and replies to be threaded. > > So...what is the appropriate way to respond when one is receiving the > digest version? > > Dave >I was recently soundly castigated for "messing up the list threading" by replying to digest items by just doing a cut and paste that preserved the subject. Someone on the list was kind enough to point me to: http://gmane.org Which provides a threaded web interface for a number of mailing lists including this one (linux.centos.general on gmane). I've been happy with the functionality although not being able to just hit reply takes some of the spontaneity out of list conversations. Cheers, Dave
On Thu, 2009-06-11 at 12:00 -0400, centos-request at centos.org wrote:> Message: 45 > Date: Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:48:25 +0200 > From: "M. Fioretti" <mfioretti at nexaima.net>1. Subject: Re: [CentOS] How to reply to a digest> To: centos at centos.org > Message-ID: <20090611114825.GD2499 at nexaima.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 07:42:28 AM -0400, David McGuffey wrote: > > > So...what is the appropriate way to respond when one is receiving > > the digest version? > > It probably is to automatically split the digest into the original, > separate message as soon as it arrives, using procmail or > formail. Search for "procmail split digests" and you'll find > several explanations. > > This said, I really have to ask: do whatever you like as long as you > don't break threads but... why on Earth do you use digests? Are you > with an ISP which limits how many messages you can receive per day? > That's the only valid reasons I've ever read for digests in ~15 years > of email usage... > > Just curious, > Marco FiorettiI'll go back and see if I can change from digest to individual e-mail mode. Then use some Evolution rules to put the e-mails into a separate folder. Dave