thank you! On Mon, Dec 17, 2007 at 08:19:32AM +0530, Girish Venkatachalam wrote: > I am giving first aid after the war but still it will help. > > I can give a lot of relief to those of you who had nervous breakdowns > and blood pressure problems due to spam mails getting in the way of > useful technical stuff. > > It is not hard at all. > > First thing is install mutt from packages. > > # pkg_add -i mutt > (Choose one of the flavors) > > Then get a cool muttrc. If you want mine mail me offlist. > > There are several good ones floating on the Internet ocean. > > Next ensure this. It is most critical. > > $ grep sort ~/.muttrc > > set sort="threads" > > Now just watch the fun. > > Whenever you see a thread with the favorite subject line or as soon as > you read the first mail that is a symptom of impending health problems, > all you have to do is hit "Ctrl-D". All the mails in the thread get > deleted. Cool eh? > > This is the OpenBSD way of solving real life problems with a bit of > technical knowledge instead of pleading and complaining. ;) > > Anyway hopefully my recipe will come in handy for future occasions. > > History repeats itself... > > -Girish
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