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On Wed, Apr 22, 2009 at 11:32:05AM +0100, Julian Hall wrote: > Simon Waters wrote: > > The problem is mostly folks who don't filter their email into folders, > > and don't thread those folders, so that they feel the need to attend to > > every message in every topic in every mailing list. > > > I filter into folders and thread mailing list folders, such as this > one. What drives me headless is topics changed mid-thread without > creating a new one. This means I have to check every thread just in > case one I ma not interested in has morphed into one I am. The alternatives are either not changing the Subject and thus having a discussion completely unrelated to the Subject line, or starting a new thread when in fact the discussion follows on seamlessly from a previous email; both of these are worse, IMO. What does bug me is starting a new thread by replying to an old one, as this then appears deep in some thread rather than on the top level as it should. Luckily, Mutt can split and join threads quite easily. > Right click the From email address, left click 'create filter from message'. > From the first dropdown box change the filter 'From' to any of the > others in the list, and of course change the criteria, e.g. Subject > contains [LUG] - which is what I use here. List-Id is better to filter on than subject, unless the mailing list software is so old and broken as to not support it. -- Benjamin M. A'Lee || mail: bma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx web: http://subvert.org.uk/~bma/ || gpg: 0xBB6D2FA0 -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html