From: "Steven Stern" <sds-email-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > On Fri, 2 Jan 2004 14:42:15 -0500, "David Hunt" <david.hunt.linux@xxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > >My first attempt at posting messages > >(http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-list/2004-January/msg00008.html) gave > >me what I wanted - a solution. But I do not appear to have the reply part of > >this figured out, as the responses are not placed where I want them to go. > >Is there an ettiquette document? How should replies be formatted? I have > >tried clicking on the Reply-To link in the email, but it doesn't copy any of > >the original text. Do I have something setup wrong? Does my using XP to > >reply have anything to do with it? Thanks for any help. > > It looks like you're using Outlook Express. Unfortunately, OE doesn't show > mailing lists like this as it would a newsgroup. That is, it does turn the > message traffic into the sorts of threads you'd get on from a USENET server. > > Let me recommend this: > > 1. On comcast, you can set up 4 more email addresses. Create a special > address you use just for mailing lists. > > 2. Get a copy of a newgroup reader that also supports email (like Mozilla or > Agent) to handle the traffic on this mailing list. > > I use Agent to read this list and it acts just like any real newsgroup that I > process through Agent. Better yet learn how to use Outlook Express folders. Then if the mail from address contains "redhat.com" sort it into a linux folder. You can even figure out, with a skosh of effort, how to develop large numbers of folders this way, one per list. Then you don't have to use the digest mode at all. {^_-}
