On Tue, Apr 25, 2017 at 11:29:18AM -0500, David Wright wrote: > On Tue 25 Apr 2017 at 17:22:28 (+0200), Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > On 2017-04-24 15:57:17 -0700, Mike McClain wrote: > > > I'm running Debian Wheeze on a P3 1/2M memory. Mostly CL. > > > Mutt 1.5.21 is the culprit ( or am I? ) > > > I subscribe to mailing lists in digest form. > > > Mutt recognizes the fact when I'm viewing a Debian User digest but not > > > when I'm reading a 'help-bash' digest from gnu.org. The difference > > > that's got me is that when I open a DebUser digest I can enter 'v' and > > > mutt separates the messages so I can respond on list to a particular > > > message. The help-bash digest doesn't get split like that by mutt so > > > if I want to reply to a particular message mutt will put the whole > > > digest into the reply for me to delete all that doesn't apply to the > > > message I want to send. > > > > Perhaps the 'help-bash' digest does not use MIME. > > Or perhaps you didn't subscribe to the MIME version if it exists. On > https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-bash > IIRC the digest "radio button" selects only the non-MIME version. > To get the MIME one you have to go down to the section ridiculously > labelled: > > Help-bash Subscribers > (The subscribers list is only available to the list administrator.) > > and press: > > Unsubscribe or edit options > > Some non-MIME list digests scrub the attachments and give links to > see them, which don't work. BTW I've never received a reply to any > email sent to webmast...@gnu.org about any of their lists/problems. > > Cheers, > David.
Thanks David. Your directions were clear, concise and accurate. 'help-bash' traffic goes in spurts and though I made the changes in my subscription the day you posted I only today got confirmation. Blessings, Mike -- "A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty." - Sir Winston Churchill (1874-1965)