Re: Advanced mail management

2001-10-02 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Paul Johnson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: On Mon, Oct 01, 2001 at 03:56:06PM -0700, Paul Makepeace wrote: Like many people's, my incoming mail is routed off into various folders by the MTA which I then read with mutt. The problem is that while mutt's mail folder handling is pretty darn

Re: Advanced mail management

2001-10-02 Thread Greg McCarroll
* Greg McCarroll ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: Well my solution, is not that good, but it works for me, i simly use wmbiff, a little windowmaker docking bar app that lists the number of messages in each folder, unless there are new messages in which case it lists the number of new messages in

Re: Advanced mail management

2001-10-02 Thread Paul Makepeace
On Tue, Oct 02, 2001 at 07:41:28AM +0100, Greg McCarroll wrote: Well my solution, is not that good, but it works for me, i simly use wmbiff, a little windowmaker docking bar app that lists the number of messages in each folder, unless there are new messages in which case it lists the number

Re: [ANNOUNCE]The End ... Of The Beginning

2001-10-02 Thread Leon Brocard
Dave Cross sent the following bits through the ether: Over the next few months I'm going to wind down my involvement with london.pm How could you Dave!? You know I haven't done D, E, F, G, H, I, J or K yet. Honestly ;-) Leon -- Leon

Re: Advanced mail management

2001-10-02 Thread Leon Brocard
Paul Makepeace sent the following bits through the ether: The problem is when you have folders with tens of thousands of emails (London.pm is about to hit 20k here) I've moved my mail from laptop to laptop to new company computer over the years and it's dawned on me that I never (that is

Re: Advanced mail management

2001-10-02 Thread Dominic Mitchell
On Tue, Oct 02, 2001 at 09:41:44AM +0100, Leon Brocard wrote: Paul Makepeace sent the following bits through the ether: The problem is when you have folders with tens of thousands of emails (London.pm is about to hit 20k here) I've moved my mail from laptop to laptop to new company

Re: Advanced mail management

2001-10-02 Thread Dave Cross
From: Leon Brocard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 10/2/01 9:41:44 AM I've moved my mail from laptop to laptop to new company computer over the years and it's dawned on me that I never (that is NEVER) need archives which are more than a week or so old. Agressive deletion is the only way. This

Re: Recommended agents

2001-10-02 Thread Greg Cope
Simon Wilcox wrote: On Mon, 1 Oct 2001, Paul Makepeace wrote: In this case, however, they will be the lead of only two sysadmins and I want someone to come in and take a long term responsibility. However you look at it, no amount of documentation makes up for practical experience of

Re: Movie rant

2001-10-02 Thread Sam Vilain
On Mon, 1 Oct 2001 12:25:45 -0400 (EDT) Chris Devers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's worth noting that this was apparently not just another gratuitous Spielbergism. It was apparently part of the story as Kubrick was planning on telling it, and as produced by Speilberg was true to that. Can

Re: Recommended agents

2001-10-02 Thread Sam Vilain
On Mon, 1 Oct 2001 14:31:33 +0100 (BST) Simon Wilcox [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: However you look at it, no amount of documentation makes up for practical experience of the system you are supporting. If you change sys admins every 6-12 months you end up with a layered environment, each layer

Re: Chocolate/beer (was Film Recommendation)

2001-10-02 Thread Sam Vilain
On Sat, 29 Sep 2001 15:07:18 + (GMT) Redvers Davies [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: First time I was let loose in an American town I Jaywalked by way from one side to the other. The typical cross halfway, down the road a bit cross the rest strategy of road traversal it seems is not appreciated

Re: Advanced mail management

2001-10-02 Thread David Cantrell
On Tue, Oct 02, 2001 at 02:16:08AM -0700, Dave Cross wrote: From: Leon Brocard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 10/2/01 9:41:44 AM I've moved my mail from laptop to laptop to new company computer over the years and it's dawned on me that I never (that is NEVER) need archives which are more than

Re: Recommended agents

2001-10-02 Thread Simon Wilcox
On Tue, 2 Oct 2001, Greg Cope wrote: Simon Wilcox wrote: On Mon, 1 Oct 2001, Paul Makepeace wrote: In this case, however, they will be the lead of only two sysadmins and I want someone to come in and take a long term responsibility. However you look at it, no amount of

Re: Recommended agents

2001-10-02 Thread Simon Wilcox
On Tue, 2 Oct 2001, Sam Vilain wrote: On Mon, 1 Oct 2001 14:31:33 +0100 (BST) Simon Wilcox [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: However you look at it, no amount of documentation makes up for practical experience of the system you are supporting. If you change sys admins every 6-12 months you end

Re: Advanced mail management

2001-10-02 Thread Simon Wistow
On Tue, Oct 02, 2001 at 12:12:05AM -0700, Paul Makepeace said: That seems like a good partial solution. The problem is when you have folders with tens of thousands of emails (London.pm is about to hit 20k here). The disadvantage to chopping these massive folders up is searching later[1].

Re: Advanced mail management

2001-10-02 Thread Steve Mynott
Dave Cross [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: From: Leon Brocard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 10/2/01 9:41:44 AM I've moved my mail from laptop to laptop to new company computer over the years and it's dawned on me that I never (that is NEVER) need archives which are more than a week or so old.

Re: Advanced mail management

2001-10-02 Thread Dominic Mitchell
On Tue, Oct 02, 2001 at 11:29:12AM +, Steve Mynott wrote: Or use gnus to integrate your mailing list and news reading. Gnus (by default) will delete a read email automatically unless you tag it in order to save it. Because gnus is written in a high level language (lisp) it is

Re: Advanced mail management

2001-10-02 Thread Natalie Ford
On Tue, Oct 02, 2001 at 09:41:44AM +0100, Leon Brocard wrote: I've moved my mail from laptop to laptop to new company computer over the years and it's dawned on me that I never (that is NEVER) need archives which are more than a week or so old. Agressive deletion is the only way. I would

Re: Advanced mail management

2001-10-02 Thread Steve Mynott
Dominic Mitchell [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The trouble that I found with gnus the last time that I used it was that when it wa doing something, it locked your emacs up. Which is a pain if you were trying to edit some perl code at the same time. I am not sure what you mean by lock up. I

Re: Advanced mail management

2001-10-02 Thread Dominic Mitchell
On Tue, Oct 02, 2001 at 12:21:14PM +, Steve Mynott wrote: Dominic Mitchell [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: The trouble that I found with gnus the last time that I used it was that when it wa doing something, it locked your emacs up. Which is a pain if you were trying to edit some perl code

Re: Advanced mail management

2001-10-02 Thread Jon Nangle
Dominic == Dominic Mitchell [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Dominic [1] And emacs wasn't. It bugs me to see people fire off yet Dominic another emacs copy to make a single edit to a single file. Dominic Swap, swap, swappity swap! Well, that's why gnuserv/gnuclient exists. Jon

New Series

2001-10-02 Thread Dave Cross
Just to drag us back on topic for a while, did you all realise that series 6 of Buffy starts in the US tonight. And a little reminder to our Merkan subscribers, many of us still haven't seen all of series 5, so please avoid posting spoilers. We're really not interesting in finding out how

Re: Advanced mail management

2001-10-02 Thread Dominic Mitchell
On Tue, Oct 02, 2001 at 02:11:56PM +0100, Jon Nangle wrote: Dominic == Dominic Mitchell [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Dominic [1] And emacs wasn't. It bugs me to see people fire off yet Dominic another emacs copy to make a single edit to a single file. Dominic Swap, swap, swappity

Re: Advanced mail management

2001-10-02 Thread Nick Cleaton
On Tue, Oct 02, 2001 at 02:25:02PM +0100, Dominic Mitchell wrote: I know that. You know that. Try explaining that to people who don't care. I don't care. Practice on me if you like. Nick -- SPAM while y#SPAM?\r\n# #d||s#.{24}#$PAM^=$,''#e||s'$^'sPaM!SpaM!SPaM!SP@M

Re: Recommended agents

2001-10-02 Thread Steve Keay
On Tue, Oct 02, 2001 at 11:41:23AM +0100, Simon Wilcox wrote: Then set up a WikiWiki for your documentation. It's quick and easy enough that it actually gets used. Good idea, I shall give it a go. Anyone have any practical experience of making this work ? http://twiki.sourceforge.net/

Perl Monger Hats

2001-10-02 Thread Dave Cross
Whilst exploring deep in my study over the weekend, I came across a box of the original Perl Monger Baseball Caps. I don't know how many I've got, but it's probably about a dozen. We got them when they were first made two years ago. I sold a few to members, but the rest must have been stored.

Re: New Series

2001-10-02 Thread Barbie
From: Dave Cross [EMAIL PROTECTED] We're really not interesting in finding out how Buffy c b*** f*** t** d*** - well not until we get to see it all next January. Does that translate into ...how Buff jumps the shark ? duck and cover ;) Barbie.

Re: Movie rant

2001-10-02 Thread Chris Devers
SPOILER: AI On Tue, 2 Oct 2001, Sam Vilain wrote: On Mon, 1 Oct 2001 12:25:45 -0400 (EDT) Chris Devers [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's worth noting that this was apparently not just another gratuitous Spielbergism. It was apparently part of the story as Kubrick was planning on telling

Re: Advanced mail management

2001-10-02 Thread Robert Shiels
From: Leon Brocard [EMAIL PROTECTED] Paul Makepeace sent the following bits through the ether: The problem is when you have folders with tens of thousands of emails (London.pm is about to hit 20k here) I've moved my mail from laptop to laptop to new company computer over the years and

Re: New Series

2001-10-02 Thread David H. Adler
On Tue, Oct 02, 2001 at 06:16:23AM -0700, Dave Cross wrote: Just to drag us back on topic for a while, did you all realise that series 6 of Buffy starts in the US tonight. And a little reminder to our Merkan subscribers, many of us still haven't seen all of series 5, so please avoid

JOB: Anyone interested in this?

2001-10-02 Thread Dave Cross
From: Joshua Rey [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: 10/2/01 4:06:35 PM If you are, contact Joshua either by email or on 01223 476929. Dave... WHO WE WANT I'm looking for someone to share the load of developing a big CGI for a www business that should have gone live last month (August actually).

Re: New Series

2001-10-02 Thread anathema
David H. Adler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: dha, counting the hours... Ooh! and I'll finally be able to see The Pack... I'd watch it, but the resident Buffy Fan here thinks I'm a bitch, so... no. -- http://www.the-anathema.org stylish... warped... faintly ironic

Re: New Series

2001-10-02 Thread David H. Adler
On Tue, Oct 02, 2001 at 12:42:29PM -0400, anathema wrote: David H. Adler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: dha, counting the hours... Ooh! and I'll finally be able to see The Pack... I'd watch it, but the resident Buffy Fan here thinks I'm a bitch, so... no. The resident buffy fan? Ha ha ha!

Re: New Series

2001-10-02 Thread Chris Devers
On Tue, 2 Oct 2001, Dave Cross wrote: And a little reminder to our Merkan subscribers, many of us still haven't seen all of series 5, so please avoid posting spoilers. We're really not interesting in finding out how Buffy c b*** f*** t** d*** - well not until we get to see it all next

Re: New Series

2001-10-02 Thread anathema
David H. Adler [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd watch it, but the resident Buffy Fan here thinks I'm a bitch, so... no. The resident buffy fan? Ha ha ha! Here, meaning my dorm, y'foolish NYer. You must be new here... ;-) You're not so old that I can't still take you across my knee, young man!