On Mon, Apr 24, 2006 at 11:07:15AM -0400, Miden wrote: > On Mon, 2006-04-24 at 07:53 -0400, Brenda J. Butler wrote: > > Save some energy and visit the mailing list archives for > > the earlier discussions. > > > > One point from the mailing list archives that I'd like to > > highlight is that a good mail client can help. > > > > I use mutt - if I press "r" it will reply to the sender > > of the message, "g" will reply to sender and list, and "L" > > will reply to the list. > > Or you could pretend you're in the 21st century (Wait! We are! We are!) > and use something like Evolution which does all of the above with a few > keystrokes or from a menu, sorts mail, keeps track of and manages > addresses/contacts, manage tasks, has a calendar to list and notify you > of appointments etc. and all that with a usable GUI! And it will filter > spam (ok that one is so-so). Yup, and much s-l-o-w-e-r. But I don't *want* a gui for email. I can read my *remote* email *much* faster using ssh and mutt than I can read local email with a GUI mail client. > Those old text-based wooden computers are cute though. I particularly > like the ornate hand-cranks. Yeah, but they're so much faster and reliable... > :-) > > -m slainte mhath, RGB -- Richard Guy Briggs -- ~\ Auto-Free Ottawa! Canada <www.TriColour.net> -- \@ @ <www.flora.org/afo/> No Internet Wiretapping! -- _\\/\%___\\/\% Vote! -- <Green.ca> <www.OpenSWAN.org>___________GTVS6#790__(*)_______(*)(*)___<www.Marillion.com>