On 11Dec2007 08:50, Les Mikesell <lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Alan Cox wrote: >>> I use gmail and pick them up with POP, although I'll probably switch to >>> IMAP soon. Can gmail rules do anything but sort? I don't want to have [...] >>> to wade through a bunch of different folders. And I don't consider the >>> easy to see tags used by Centos, rt-users. opennms-discuss, >>> openvpn-users, fedora-directory-users, linux-lvm, backuppc-users, etc., >>> etc. to be 'messed up'. In fact they are very helpful. >> >> Not when half your subject line is hidden by "[random-blah-list-I-already >> know]" > > Errr, no, that's the point. I don't know that list when what my mail > client presents is the subject lines of unread messages and the list is not > polite enough to identify itself there. Your solution seems to be to do a > lot of grunge work with hidden fields. Mine is simpler - just use a screen > big enough to display what you want to see. Not very portable to small displays. 1: Does not GMail show you tags? 2: GMail filters can add tags to messages. 3: You can always read just-the-list by reading the tag. So, no, GMail doesn't need the subjec lines to be mangled. Use its tags. -- Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> DoD#743 http://www.cskk.ezoshosting.com/cs/ There's no need to worry about death, it will not happen in your lifetime. - Raymond Smullyan
