On Wed, 2006-04-26 at 07:12, James Wilkinson wrote: > > Many folks here use Gmail accounts for lists because it offers so much > > storage space. > > Note that it's not necessary to *post* or *read* using Gmail, only > receive e-mails that way. > > For example, I have a gmail.com address which is subscribed to this list > and a few others. I use fetchmail to download all e-mail from gmail, and > read it in mutt (or mutt-ng). You can also configure evolution or similar MUAs to download directly via POP while leaving a copy on the server, and configure the gmail account to archive a copy when downloaded. That way you can read with your favorite reader and delete as you go but can later use the gmail web interface to search the messages if you need to go back. > I also have a "normal" ISP account which I use for sending e-mail to > this list. This is subscribed to the list, but has all delivery turned > off (you can do this as well as unsubscribe at the link at the bottom of > each list e-mail). That's necessary to convince Mailman (the mailing > list software) to send my e-mails to the list. Or, if your MUA handles multiple accounts correctly, you can configure it to use the gmail From: address when using that account. > (Incidentally, that e-mail address gets a few CCs of list mail, and the > occasional individual asking me directly for help -- and a *lot* of > spam! Private requests for help get a "please ask the list" response. > The spam gets handled by SpamBayes.) Gmail does a reasonable job of filtering into a spam folder on its own. -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx
