My solution was to create a new gmail account. I'll use it to get messages from the Rootsweb mailing lists for TMG as well. No fuss, no muss, and the messages are there whenever I get around to them.
Kathleen On 9/22/2014 5:39 PM, Wendy Howard wrote: > Hi Kathleen, > > As has already been said, there is no digest option for this mailing list. > > What you can do instead is manage your own incoming mail differently, so > it behaves in a way that suits your needs. > > For all mailing lists I subscribe to (which is many, less than 100 but > probably a lot more than 20), I use a filter to pick out that list mail > and divert it from the Inbox. Some mailing lists (the busier ones) get > their own folder, others get lumped into one folder - but they're still > away from the Inbox. > > I wrote some instructions many years ago and put them on a web page; > it's specifically for a different mailing list to this one, but is > quickly adapted to any mailing list by changing the email address used. > You'll find it at > http://freepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wendyh65/How-to.htm#RuleFilter > > ... ah, and now that I take another look at that page, I see I haven't > included Thunderbird, which the headers of your post tell me you're > using (and I am, too). The path you need to take in Thunderbird is > Tools > Message Filters. > > Once you've set that filter, your LUG mail will be put into its own > folder (the one you specify in the filter) as it comes in, so it's kept > away from your Inbox. You'll be able to see at a glance when there's > new mail in it, and you can choose when to go and read it. Meanwhile, if > you need to concentrate on what's in your Inbox (or elsewhere) you can > do so without the LUG mail getting in the way. > > Hope this helps. :-) > > Wendy > > > Kathleen Lenihan said the following on 23/09/2014 04:48: >> Hi, >> >> I'm a TMG refugee looking for a new home, and recently joined the >> Legacy user group. Instead of getting individual messages, is a >> digest mode an option? >> >> Kathleen > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on > our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyusers.com/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
