At 21:00 28/04/2007, Martin Maechler wrote: >Hi Sam, I posted a request for information on how various mailers handled this so I could summarise the results and put it on a helpful webpage. Nobody was willing to sing the praises of his/her favourite mailer so the only one I can suggest is the one I use myself, Eudora, although that is now no longer under development.
My offer is still open if anyone has anything to contribute. > >>>>> "SamMc" == Sam McClatchie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>>>> on Fri, 27 Apr 2007 11:21:56 -0700 writes: > > SamMc> System:Linux kernel 2.6.15 Ubuntu dapper > ....... > > > SamMc> Has anyone figured out how to make the R-help digest > SamMc> more easily readable in the Thunderbird mail client? > SamMc> I think the digest used to be more readable than is > SamMc> currently the case with all of the messages as > SamMc> attachments. > > SamMc> I know the work around is to get individual messages > SamMc> rather than the digest, use another mail client, or > SamMc> just look at the archives on the web... > > {and there are at least two alternatives to the standard > archives, notably Gmane. > BTW: Just found an URL that should list all R lists carried > by them : http://dir.gmane.org/search.php?match=.r. > > >It had been pointed out more than once that Thunderbird >unfortunately is not adhering to the standard(s) of such >digests-- too bad it still is not. > >One alternative is to get the digest as "plain" digest >((which BTW another standard-complying digest format, that > e.g. emacs Rmail or VM can easily deal with)) >which will most probably just appear as one long e-mail in >Thunderbird, with "table of contents" of all the subject lines, >but nothing "clickable" > >Regards, >Martin > >Martin Maechler, ETH Zurich Michael Dewey [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.aghmed.fsnet.co.uk/home.html ______________________________________________ R-help@stat.math.ethz.ch mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html and provide commented, minimal, self-contained, reproducible code.