I do likewise, but Apple Mail automatically separates into different
mailboxes for each account I use and I then sub-divide with a rule. I
discard anything that has k2, k1, kx1 etc. but doesn't have K3, so I
tend to just get general mail and K3 stuff (and everything in my trash
stays there for 7 days anyway).
It also has a pretty good black & white list.
I don't use digests for the reason given by Dave and that Apple Mail
is brilliant at threading, so after 10 posts on something I don't want
to read, I just delete the whole lot with one click :-)
73 de M0XDF, K3 #174
--
Mathematics is the language with which God has written the universe.
-Galileo Galilei, physicist and astronomer (1564-1642)
On 4 Sep 2008, at 14:23, David Yarnes wrote:
Deni and All,
I agree with Don. If your email system allows you to sort your
inbound emails, it can really make life much simpler. I use Outlook
Express and/or Windows Mail (the Vista version of Outlook Express),
which allows me to set up message rules that automatically direct
various emails to various separate folders. There are several ways
to sort your messages, so it's pretty flexible. I simply use the
subject line by having the system divert all messages with the
"Elecraft" designation go to a separate folder. That captures all
messages coming from the Elecraft reflector. I get 40 to 50
messages a day from the Elecraft reflector (sometimes a lot more),
and I can usually dispose of them fairly quickly by then just
perusing the subject line for each. My delete key gets a lot of
work, but it goes pretty fast. The problem I find with getting
"digests" is that when you want to respond to a certain message, it
becomes a lot more complicated, since not all digests provide a
clear method for responding to just that one message you are
interested in responding to. QTH.net is one of those that makes
this difficult. Of course, it would be exponentially more helpful
if folks would pay more attention to the subject line, but that's a
battle that seems to be more like Don Quixote at the Windmill!
Anyway, if you aren't using a method like the one I describe, you
might consider at least trying it.
For me, the very easiest method is to receive the individual
emails. I have my mail client sort on "[Elecraft]" in the subject
line and put all that meet the sort criteria into the Elecraft
folder of my Inbox. So I have the equivalent of 'my own little
digest', but they are individual emails.
The messages are all there in my email until I delete them, so I
can respond to any of them - Reply goes to the poster while Reply
All will send it to the poster and the Elecraft list - I can edit
the recipients if that is desired.
I find it quicker to use the delete key on the individual messages
that I am not interested in than to wade through a digest format to
find those that I am interested in.
73,
Don W3FPR
Deni F5VJC wrote:
This is getting way too complicated.
I have been reading and posting to the Elecraft reflector, list or
whatever
you call it now since 2000 when I discovered Elecraft and built my
K2.
Right now with my K3 I'm getting increasingly confused as to the
best/easiest way to view and post messages to the list/forum or
whatever
it's called now, and as you can see I'm posting from Nabble, the
only method
that seems to work for me.
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