Re: Packaged version of killfile?
On Thu, May 17, 2007 at 08:01:41PM +0100, Karl E. Jorgensen wrote:
> On Thu, May 17, 2007 at 12:44:25PM +0100, Steve Kemp wrote:
> > On Wed May 16, 2007 at 03:27:41 -0700, Paul Johnson wrote:
> >
> > > >> This is a function of your MUA, most decent mail readers and all news
> > > >> readers worthy of being called such support highlight/kill by thread,
> > > >> usually in a single keystroke.
> > > >
> > > > I have to admit my ignorance then. I'm a keen mutt user, but I cannot
> > > > find that feature (!)
> > >
> > > As advanced as Mutt is, this is where Mutt really falls down. I
> > > ultimately
> > > ended up switching to kmail to get that feature.
> >
> > OK here's a simple version.
>
> That's the sort of thing I was after - but in the mean time I've created
> my own based on message-ids, as I realised that threading isn't done by
> subject.
>
> It's not perfect (because of other people's broken MUAs) - long threads
> will end up with mails that do not refer to my "killed" message-id
> (apparantly MUAs are only required to keep 8 message-ids in References:)
> still end up in my normal list mailbox. At least it allow me to check
> up on Goodwin's law :-)
I'm not sure Godwin's law applies to this list, given at least one OT
thread that went on & on about or including such references. To me
these OT threads seem to be predominantly about religion or other "faith"
or opinion-based topics, and seem a complete waste of time, not to
mention resources. But they also appear to stroke the egos involved, so
are perhaps a cost in keeping some frequent-and-otherwise-useful posters
active on the list, and are in any case easily identified and ignorable
by the "OT" tags.
--
Ken Irving
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