Re: [Evolution] Let's unite the power of all mailing list subscribers who are affected by GNOME's ruling

2022-10-24 Thread Brewster Gillett
Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > I briefly used Google Groups a long time ago, though I think it has > changed since then. They do offer a fairly broad range of facilities, > including email access, admin and moderator roles, and the focus on a > specific topic (Evo), but: > > * No Reply To List (and

Re: [Evolution] New mailing list

2022-10-23 Thread Brewster Gillett
On Sun, 2022-10-23 at 19:09 +0200, Luna Jernberg via evolution-list wrote: > Signed up Me too. Brewster ___ evolution-list mailing list evolution-list@gnome.org To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/list

Re: [Evolution] Announcement: this mailing list will be retired by the end of Oct 2022

2022-10-21 Thread Brewster Gillett
Jaroslaw Rafa via evolution-list wrote: > A quick and simple question: who is in position to decide to move this list > to another mailing list, hosted elsewhere? There have been already a few > propositions on this list for an alternative. Who is the "owner" of this > list who can decide about th

Re: [Evolution] Reading emails and threading

2022-09-24 Thread Brewster Gillett
> On Sat, 2022-09-24 at 08:32 -0500, c. marlow wrote: > > I am just curious to know, do any of ya'll read your emails in > > threads? > > > > Does EVO even support this feature? > > > > I tried threading once, for about 2 min, and it just seemed too > > confusing for me. I think that I like re

Re: [Evolution] Deleting individual address from a Contacts List

2022-02-07 Thread Brewster Gillett
On Mon, 2022-02-07 at 12:25 +0100, Milan Crha via evolution-list wrote: >   Hi, > I'd say there's nothing in the user documentation, because the editing > is straightforward - you double click the contact list the same as any > contact, which opens a dialog, where the list can be modified. > >

[Evolution] Deleting individual address from a Contacts List

2022-02-04 Thread Brewster Gillett
Evo 3.38.4 under Fedora 33 WRT Contacts Lists, the Help page describes how to create a Contact List, but contains nothing about how to edit the contents of that list. Right- clicking on an individual entry in that list does not produce anything productive. and what if someone's email address chan

[Evolution] editing members of a contact list

2021-03-05 Thread Brewster Gillett
dress. Every manual entry I can find stops before discussing that level of granularity. Where can I find this? Thanks, Brewster Gillett -- *** Embrace a progressively tolerant multicultural community of sustainable social-ju

[Evolution] moving addresses from place to place?

2018-10-10 Thread Brewster Gillett
I am encountering a lot of roadblocks when it comes to relocating email addresses. For reasons that do not seem to be covered in the help docs, I can tap "COPY" in one spot, (example - the "cc:" field of a previously sent message) for a batch of addresses, then when I ask for "PASTE" somewhere else

Re: [Evolution] Proposal: to eliminate the digest option for the Evolution mailing list

2017-03-19 Thread Brewster Gillett
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Re: [Evolution] Proposal: to eliminate the digest option for the Evolution mailing list

2017-03-13 Thread Brewster Gillett
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Re: [Evolution] evolution-list Digest, Vol 140, Issue 6

2017-03-13 Thread Brewster Gillett
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Re: [Evolution] evolution-list Digest, Vol 135, Issue 12

2016-10-10 Thread Brewster Gillett
e in order after all. Brewster -- A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing? ****

Re: [Evolution] evolution-list Digest, Vol 129, Issue 10

2016-04-15 Thread Brewster Gillett
ven estimates for the time of preparation, as some people take half an hour to slice three pounds of mushrooms while others take five minutes." FROM THE INTRODUCTION _Mastering the Art of French Cooking_ by Julia Child et al *****

Re: [Evolution] (no subject)

2015-08-15 Thread Brewster Gillett
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[Evolution] moving folders

2015-06-29 Thread Brewster Gillett
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Re: [Evolution] Moving messages between folders

2015-03-26 Thread Brewster Gillett
moved just fine this morning with no argument :-) Thanks, Brewster -- *** Embrace a progressively tolerant multicultural community of sustainable social-justice-centered harmonically sharing low-carbon diversity. *******

[Evolution] Moving messages between folders

2015-03-25 Thread Brewster Gillett
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Re: [Evolution] Cursor positioning on replies/Reeke

2014-01-13 Thread Brewster Gillett
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[Evolution] Trouble with Contacts

2013-08-04 Thread Brewster Gillett
g this, and how to fix it? Is this maybe a permissions issue, so I should run chmod on the entire Evo tree, or something? Thanks, Brewster -- *** W. Brewster Gillettb...@fdi.usPo

Re: [Evolution] Moving folders/patryk

2013-07-19 Thread Brewster Gillett
period, and every philosophy engages, implicitly or explicitly, in controversy with its opponents. Philosophy may seek truth, but it seeks it in an adversarial as well as in an investigative manner." Andrew C

[Evolution] Moving folders

2013-07-18 Thread Brewster Gillett
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Re: [Evolution] Feedback/mardorf

2013-06-23 Thread Brewster Gillett
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Re: [Evolution] Involuntary folder relocations

2013-03-11 Thread Brewster Gillett
> Brewster Gillett wrote: > > Like probably many of you, I have a love-hate relationship with Evo, Adam Tauno Williams wrote: > Not I, no hate at all. bg: Perhaps that's too strong a term. But it's difficult to feel warm and fuzzy about a program that, in the &quo

[Evolution] Involuntary folder relocations

2013-03-11 Thread Brewster Gillett
lanning for. Second, they believe they know where the community ought to go. That is, that they know what the future ought to be. Third, they believe they are capable of creating the future they want. None of those things is more than an illusion. Bill Bonner *

[Evolution] Need help identifying files

2013-01-18 Thread Brewster Gillett
lose these kinds of internal structures? Thanks, Brewster -- *** "After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who *DIDN'T* do it..." William Burroughs, 1992 ******

[Evolution] error messages

2013-01-17 Thread Brewster Gillett
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[Evolution] Message saving format(s)?

2013-01-02 Thread Brewster Gillett
ire around this apparently mandatory format setting in the latest version to which I was just upgraded by my Ubuntu upgrade. Does anyone know how to override this? Thank you, Brewster -- *** W. Brewster Gillettb

Re: [Evolution] All folders gone!SOLVED

2012-12-07 Thread Brewster Gillett
> On Thu, 2012-12-06 at 20:28 -0800, Brewster Gillett wrote: > > Just now I started Evo, and when it came up, no folders were displayed; Andre Klapper wrote: > Please elaborate (small screenshot) what "no folders were displayed" > exactly means, Is the folder list p

[Evolution] All folders gone!

2012-12-06 Thread Brewster Gillett
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Re: [Evolution] Trash folder oddities/andre

2012-05-08 Thread Brewster Gillett
> > On Mon, 2012-05-07 at 19:04 +0200, Andre Klapper wrote: > > > http://library.gnome.org/users/evolution/3.2/mail-error-folder-mismatch.html.en Brewster Gillett wrote: > > Doesn't work. Couple of things; (1) I haven't been getting any messages > > c

[Evolution] Trash folder oddities

2012-05-07 Thread Brewster Gillett
iginating? Thanks, Brewster -- ** "I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down on us. Pigs treat us as equals." Winston Churchill ********** W. Brewster Gillett

Re: [Evolution] Please Inform Me

2011-10-06 Thread Brewster Gillett
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Re: [Evolution] Mass edit in calc field - help!

2010-09-22 Thread Brewster Gillett
On Wed, 2010-09-22 at 11:59 -0430, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote: > On 9/22/10 11:53 AM, Brewster Gillett wrote: > > OOo 3.2 under Ubuntu 10.04 > Wrong list? > > po bg: Jeez - talk about a brain fart! My momma warned me there'd be days like this when I got over 60. E

[Evolution] Mass edit in calc field - help!

2010-09-22 Thread Brewster Gillett
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Re: [Evolution] help with English "top post msg"

2010-09-02 Thread Brewster Gillett
at *is* the way that conversations naturally flow, despite the protestations of the top-posting crowd. Brewster -- *** Embrace a sharing community of sustainable justice low-carbon diversity **

Re: [Evolution] help with English "top post msg"

2010-09-02 Thread Brewster Gillett
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Re: [Evolution] help with English "top post msg"

2010-09-02 Thread Brewster Gillett
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Re: [Evolution] Odd text display character drops

2010-09-02 Thread Brewster Gillett
> On Thu, 2010-09-02 at 03:45 -0700, Brewster Gillett wrote: > > For years I have grown accustomed to annoying oddities in messages > > from people with Yahoo email accounts, generally when in reply edit > > mode. Text enclosed in dotted-line boxes which appear and disa

Re: [Evolution] Odd text display character drops

2010-09-02 Thread Brewster Gillett
** W. Brewster Gillett b...@fdi.usPortland, OR USA *** Simply because you don't like to hear it, that doesn

[Evolution] Odd text display character drops

2010-09-02 Thread Brewster Gillett
at I have yet to discover in Evo. Thanks, Brewster -- *** Embrace a sharing community of sustainable justice low-carbon diversity ******* W. Brewster Gillett

Re: [Evolution] Backing up Evolution/martha

2010-09-01 Thread Brewster Gillett
uery here. Brewster -- *** Embrace a sharing community of sustainable justice low-carbon diversity *** W. Brewster Gillett b...@fdi.usPortland,

Re: [Evolution] Need help with Contacts

2010-08-30 Thread Brewster Gillett
n Sun, 2010-08-29 at 19:07 -0700, Brewster Gillett wrote: > > bg: > > > > At present I have 70 Contacts filed. All but three are individuals. > > > > Problems with the three that are "lists" were introduced in an earlier > > > > email message, and have no

Re: [Evolution] Need help with Contacts/nick

2010-08-29 Thread Brewster Gillett
As am I. If I have failed to articulate that sentiment, my apologies. Brewster -- ******* Embrace a sharing community of sustainable justice low-carbon diversity *** W. B

Re: [Evolution] Backing up Evolution files/Martha

2010-08-29 Thread Brewster Gillett
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Re: [Evolution] Need help with Contacts/Victoria/Adam

2010-08-29 Thread Brewster Gillett
> > On Sun, 2010-08-29 at 07:50 -0700, Brewster Gillett wrote: > > > When I initiate a "NEW" email message, and follow the instructions > > > in the Evo Help, as reproduced here, > > > "Alternately, you can click the To:, Cc:, or Bcc: buttons to

Re: [Evolution] Need help with Contacts/Adam,II

2010-08-29 Thread Brewster Gillett
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Re: [Evolution] Need help with Contacts/Adam

2010-08-29 Thread Brewster Gillett
e individual Contact edit window is greyed out - so it's not gonna let you save with that "File under" field blank. Given the software's insistence that the "File under" field be populated, it's all the more galling that the software totally ignores it when poppin

[Evolution] Need help with Contacts - please

2010-08-29 Thread Brewster Gillett
e feature? Thanks, Brewster -- *** Embrace a sharing community of sustainable justice low-carbon diversity *** W. Brewster Gillett b...@fdi.us

Re: [Evolution] Problems with Contacts/tobias

2010-08-26 Thread Brewster Gillett
> On Wed, 2010-08-25 at 20:51 -0700, Brewster Gillett wrote: > > When I used one of them as a "To:" address in a new email this > afternoon, I got a popup telling me, > > "This message cannot be sent because you have not sp

Re: [Evolution] Problems with Contacts/poc

2010-08-26 Thread Brewster Gillett
> On Wed, 2010-08-25 at 20:51 -0700, Brewster Gillett wrote: > > "This message cannot be sent because you have not specified > > any recipients." > > > > This is bogus. I *did* specify a recipient - the name of the Contact > > list, plucked right

[Evolution] Problems with Contacts

2010-08-25 Thread Brewster Gillett
s area of Evo. Thanks for whatever insights you can supply, Brewster -- *** Embrace a sharing community of sustainable justice low-carbon diversity ******* W.

Re: [Evolution] Reply for list messages should go back to the list

2010-07-13 Thread Brewster Gillett
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Re: [Evolution] evolution-list Digest/POC

2010-06-23 Thread Brewster Gillett
> > listserv is a specific mailing list software platform. It should not be > used as a general-purpose noun for any kind of list manager (it would be > like saying Windows when you mean Operating System). See > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Listserv > > poc Brewster Gillett w

Re: [Evolution] evolution-list Digest/POC

2010-06-23 Thread Brewster Gillett
> On Wed, 2010-06-23 at 09:39 -0700, Brewster Gillett wrote: > > Okay, so how do we start the process? Maybe we can launch a trend, of > > listservs permanently turning off the damned Digest option. Whom do > > we email to get going on this? Maybe we can make it happen

Re: [Evolution] evolution-list Digest/POC

2010-06-23 Thread Brewster Gillett
et going on this? Maybe we can make it happen Gnome-wide! Brewster -- *** Embrace a sharing community of sustainable justice low-carbon diversity ******* W. Brewster

Re: [Evolution] Digest/Tor

2010-06-23 Thread Brewster Gillett
****** W. Brewster Gillett b...@fdi.usPortland, OR USA *** Simply be

Re: [Evolution] Msg Selection/date ordering/POC

2010-06-16 Thread Brewster Gillett
rom time to time. > > poc Brewster chimes in: This is probably the juncture at which I need to point out that I am using strictly POP in this home network... no IMAP anywhere hereabouts to the best of my knowledge :-) Brewster --

Re: [Evolution] Msg Selection/date ordering

2010-06-16 Thread Brewster Gillett
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Re: [Evolution] unsubscribe - a wider problem?(a little off-topic)

2010-05-25 Thread Brewster Gillett
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Re: [Evolution] email body format/jd

2010-05-12 Thread Brewster Gillett
ow-carbon diversity *** W. Brewster Gillett b...@fdi.usPortland, OR USA *** Simply because you don't like to hear it, tha

[Evolution] Continuing adress-book problems

2010-02-05 Thread Brewster Gillett
airable I'm going to have to abandon Evo for good. Thanks, Brewster Gillett -- *** Embrace a sharing community of sustainable justice low-carbon diversity ********

Re: [Evolution] HELP/new explanation/Biggs

2010-01-05 Thread Brewster Gillett
fine suggestion, but I'm afraid it would still remain a mystery for me, Pete; despite having spent nigh 30 years in IT, I managed to escape knowing how to generate (or read and understand) any kind of code beyond very simple BASIC, Unix shell scripts, and a procedural/JCL from a long-expired TI

Re: [Evolution] HELP, please/reid

2010-01-04 Thread Brewster Gillett
> On Sun, 2010-01-03 at 15:32 -0800, Brewster Gillett wrote: > > Does anyone have any ideas? > > > > (1) in my Contacts editing screens, the Contacts are all listed > > > by their "sort by" fields (generally last name first, the default) > > > b

Re: [Evolution] HELP/new explanation for Sylvia

2010-01-04 Thread Brewster Gillett
#x27;t like mysteries. If I want mystery, I'll read Agatha Christie. I don't need it in my email programs :-) Brewster -- *** Embrace a sharing community of sustainable justice low-carbon diversity ***

[Evolution] HELP, please.

2010-01-03 Thread Brewster Gillett
rewster 2.28.1 under Ubuntu 9.10 --- On Sun, 2009-12-13 at 13:20 -0800, Brewster Gillett wrote: > I have a Contacts question. > how is it possible that: > > (1) in my Contacts editin

Re: [Evolution] Edit contacts?

2009-12-13 Thread Brewster Gillett
e any ideas? Ubuntu 9.10 / Evo 2.28.1 Brewster -- *** Embrace a sharing community of sustainable justice low-carbon diversity ******* W. Brewster Gillett

Re: [Evolution] two questions about evolution/poc

2009-12-13 Thread Brewster Gillett
HTML is, even :-) Brewster -- *** Embrace a sharing community of sustainable justice low-carbon diversity ******* W. Brewster Gillett b...@fdi.usPortland, OR USA **

Re: [Evolution] Contacts difficulties/Milan

2009-11-11 Thread Brewster Gillett
> Brewster Gillett wrote: > > It would seem this may be a bug. Either that or there's an option > > switch > I have not yet found that acts to override clear and simple > > instructions > from the Contacts Editor. > Hi, Milan Crha: > I agree, sounds l

Re: [Evolution] Contacts difficulties

2009-11-10 Thread Brewster Gillett
> On Mon, 2009-11-09 at 13:37 -0800, Brewster Gillett wrote: > > But it is refusing to sort as I have asked - something the > > old Evo never had a problem with. If I look at my individual > > Contacts, the sort rules are exactly as I have set them up - > >

[Evolution] Contacts difficulties

2009-11-09 Thread Brewster Gillett
n an email. What am I doing wrong? I can supply more details if need be. Thanks, Brewster -- *** W. Brewster Gillett b...@fdi.usPortlan

[Evolution] Problems with Contacts

2009-11-05 Thread Brewster Gillett
sages, 23 of them unread, that just disappeared yesterday. I'm beginning to wonder if I should be using it at all at this rate. Thanks, Brewster -- *** W. Brewster Gillett b...@fdi.usPortlan

[Evolution] Strange behaviour

2009-11-04 Thread Brewster Gillett
rd to lose, some of which came in since my weekly backup. Anything before last Thursday I can restore without much difficulty, but I'm worried about those since Thursday. Any ideas? Brewster Gillett -- *** Embrace a sh