[Gllug] re: my mail client

[Stig Brautaset]

I'll be damned... Sometimes a little trolling _does_ help :)

On Tue, Sep 14, 2004 at 09:02:37AM +0100, t.clarke wrote:
> I have, I feel sure, replied on more than one occasion concerning my
> mail client.  I may have possibly replied direct rather than to the list

That will seem to be the case.

> - but I think at least one post has gone to the list on the subject.

I must have missed that one, if so.

> Firstly, all my emails are read on a SCO Opensewer system which runs a
...
> The mail programs do actually support threading on replies, but the specific
> problem with Gllug emails is that they are accumulated on the system into a
> periodic 'digest' and read with a 'showfile' utility as and when.  This is
> why you will quite often see posts from me that may be a bit 'belated' on the
> given subject.  I have to post a 'reply' by extracting with an editor the
> portion of the digest and then sending it off as a standalone email. Hence
> the lack of threading.  

That sounds painful. You have my condolences.

Stig
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