Re: How does anyone keep up with this list?
Sven LUTHER <luther@maxime.u-strasbg.fr> wrote:
> maybe someone knowledgeable with mutt and procmail, or whatever stuff
> is mostly used could make a `debian-lists-reader-help` packages that
> contains the apropiate config files needed to easily read the
> different debian mailing lists, as well as a small documentation or
> howto on how to best use them so that the less promail/mutt/... savvy
> users can read their mail easily.
YES! PLEASE!
> I would do it, but my knowledge on debian lists and procmail stuff is
> a bit limited ...
That's okay. If you put something rough together, then others can
help refine it.
Here's how I'm doing it at present:
I read all my mail with emacs rmail. I sort messages by subject
(primary) and date (secondary) (that is, C-c C-s C-d C-c C-s C-s). I
then display a summary of only the unseen messages (C-u l unseen).
Advantages:
The sorting threads things approximately (not where system clocks or
time zones are incorrect). I can delete a message with a single
keystroke. Looking at the summary, I can tell how many messages are
in the same thread, and delete them rapidly.
Disadvantages:
List traffic is not separated from personal email. The system keeps
no memory of which threads do not interest me, so the next time I read
the mail I still have to check each subject manually. I can minimize
this overhead by waiting a couple of days before reading mail again.
Notes:
I would like a single command for "delete current message and all
following messages with the same subject". A friend even drafted one
for me. Unfortunately, it does not work, and I do not know enough
elisp to debug it.
I would like to improve my setup. Scoring would be nice. I have
tried GNUS a couple of times, but was not able to get it working. A
pre-tuned set of scripts and config files, with some discussion, would
be a big help.
- Jim Van Zandt
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