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| From | Bret Busby <bret@busby.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | linux.debian.user |
| Subject | Sorting messages by threads - was - Re: List administrators - request for intervention |
| Date | 2023-08-13 05:10 +0200 |
| Message-ID | <H29El-1rys-1@gated-at.bofh.it> (permalink) |
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| Organization | linux.* mail to news gateway |
On 13/8/23 08:12, davidson wrote: > On Sat, 12 Aug 2023 Bret Busby wrote: > [snip] >> Hello. >> >> Could the List administrators please shut down both this thread and >> the "unubscribe" thread? > > In alpine, I have a filter rule that moves all debian-user messages > from my inbox to a dedicated folder. > > Here is a sample of what I see in alpine, when I view the contents of > that mail folder, in threaded mode with threads collapsed: > > %<------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 18284 9:42 Hans (7K) Re: > libkscreenlocker5: > N 18285 Yesterday peter@easthope.ca (6K) > Crosshairs in > gimp 2.1 > N 18288 15:45 Erwan David (8K) > Swap size in > debain 12 > 18292 12:35 Greg Wooledge (7K) Re: Mailing > list unsub > * N 18293 Wednesday Carl Fink (6K) > Sound loses my > analog * 18298 Thursday glenn green (6K) > UNUBSCRIBE > N 18332 11:44 Piscium (7K) > Cannot > install Debian > N 18339 13:45 peter@easthope.ca (6K) > Time stamps > on session > * 18342 14:49 gene heskett (6K) > setting up > network wit > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------>% > > All 34 messages (at this time) to the UNUBSCRIBE thread are collapsed; > only the OP's initial message is visible. As long as I retain the > thread-initial message, subsequent contributions to that thread will > be invisible, in this collapsed view. > > If a thread interests me, say Carl Fink's, I can expand it: > > %<------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > 18284 9:42 Hans (7K) Re: > libkscreenlocker5: > N 18285 Yesterday peter@easthope.ca (6K) > Crosshairs in > gimp 2.1 > N 18288 15:45 Erwan David (8K) > Swap size in > debain 12 > 18292 12:35 Greg Wooledge (7K) Re: Mailing > list unsub > * 18293 Wednesday Carl Fink (6K) . Sound loses my > analog * 18294 Thursday Marco (5K) . \-Re: > Sound loses my a > 18295 Yesterday Carl Fink (30K) . \-Re: Sound > loses my > 18296 5:05 Marco (5K) . \-Re: > Sound loses > N 18297 14:49 Carl Fink (6K) \-Re: > Sound lose > * 18298 Thursday glenn green (6K) > UNUBSCRIBE > N 18332 11:44 Piscium (7K) > Cannot > install Debian > N 18339 13:45 peter@easthope.ca (6K) > Time stamps > on session > * 18342 14:49 gene heskett (6K) > setting up > network wit > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------>% > > But if a thread does *not* interest me, I don't expand it, and then > the only visible effect of subsequent contributions to that thread is > to promote the thread down the list (since threads nearer the bottom > are more recently active). > >> > [snip] >> So, please, shut the two threads down, so the mailing list can return >> to the subject matter for which the list was created and is >> maintained; discussion of the use of Debian, and, seeking help with >> the operating system, and, not the extraneous (extreme euphemism) >> "stuff", that has arisen, like a living, growing, cesspool. > > The foregoing demonstration is meant to show how, using alpine's > threaded mode, I minimise my irritation with threads that I find > irrelevant to my interests: I view debian-user in threaded mode with > collapsed threads, and simply do not expand the ones that don't > concern me. > > I believe these are the config settings I use to enable this: > > ... > [X] Thread Sorts by Arrival > ... > Sort Key = > Set Sort Options > --- ---------------------- > ( ) Subject > ( ) Arrival > ( ) From > ( ) To > ( ) Cc > ( ) Date > ( ) siZe > ( ) OrderedSubj > ( ) scorE > (*) tHread > ( ) Reverse Subject > ( ) Reverse Arrival > ( ) Reverse From > ( ) Reverse To > ( ) Reverse Cc > ( ) Reverse Date > ( ) Reverse siZe > ( ) Reverse OrderedSubj > ( ) Reverse scorE > ( ) Reverse tHread > ... > Threading Display Style = > Set Rule Values > --- ---------------------- > ( ) none > (*) show-thread-structure (default) > ( ) mutt-like > ( ) indent-subject-1 > ( ) indent-subject-2 > ( ) indent-from-1 > ( ) indent-from-2 > ( ) show-structure-in-from > ... > Threading Index Style = > Set Rule Values > --- ---------------------- > ( ) regular-index-with-expanded-threads > (*) regular-index-with-collapsed-threads > ( ) separate-index-screen-always > ( ) separate-index-screen-except-for-single-messages > Threading Indicator Character = <No Value Set: using ">"> > Threading Expanded Character = <No Value Set: using "."> > Threading Last Reply Character = <No Value Set: using "\"> > > I like also to set the option below, because I find that being able to > collapse sub-threads turns out to be more confusing (to me) than it is > helpful. > > [X] Slash Collapses Entire Thread > I use alpine for downloading email and archiving it, and for responding to less urgent messages. I have found pine -> alpine to be the most powerful email application, with the massive amount of filters and filter values that I have, and, the quantity of messages that I have stored (about 20-25 years of messages; about 20GB). I use Thunderbird as a webmail application, for viewing messages in the inbox, and, for responding to messages, when I want to make a response within a short period of time, or immediately, and, for some simple and quick junk filtering. I do not like sorting by threads, I prefer sorting by arrival; unfortunately, over time, pine -> alpine corrupted the sorting by arrival, that previously existed, so, now, I use sorting by date. Different people have different preferences; "horses for courses". .. Bret Busby Armadale West Australia (UTC+0800) ..............
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UNUBSCRIBE glenn green <glenn.green55@gmail.com> - 2023-08-11 04:40 +0200
Re: UNUBSCRIBE Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2023-08-11 06:40 +0200
Re: UNUBSCRIBE Luna Jernberg <droidbittin@gmail.com> - 2023-08-11 09:00 +0200
Re: UNUBSCRIBE Bret Busby <bret@busby.net> - 2023-08-11 11:10 +0200
Re: UNUBSCRIBE davidson <davidson@freevolt.org> - 2023-08-11 16:00 +0200
Re: UNUBSCRIBE Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-08-11 16:30 +0200
Re: UNUBSCRIBE gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-08-11 17:00 +0200
Mailing list unsubscription requests and identificatio <tomas@tuxteam.de> - 2023-08-11 20:30 +0200
Re: Mailing list unsubscription requests and identificatio gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-08-11 23:40 +0200
Re: Mailing list unsubscription requests and identificatio Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-08-12 00:50 +0200
Re: Mailing list unsubscription requests and identificatio Bret Busby <bret@busby.net> - 2023-08-12 01:30 +0200
Re: Mailing list unsubscription requests and identificatio zithro <slack@rabbit.lu> - 2023-08-12 02:10 +0200
List administrators - request for intervention - was - Re: Mailing list unsubscription requests and identificatio Bret Busby <bret@busby.net> - 2023-08-12 03:00 +0200
Re: List administrators - request for intervention - was - Re: Mailing list unsubscription requests and identificatio "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2023-08-12 15:30 +0200
Re: List administrators - request for intervention - was - Re: Mailing list unsubscription requests and identificatio Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> - 2023-08-13 03:40 +0200
Re: List administrators - request for intervention - was - Re: Mailing list unsubscription requests and identificatio davidson <davidson@freevolt.org> - 2023-08-13 02:20 +0200
Re: List administrators - request for intervention - was - Re: Mailing list unsubscription requests and identificatio davidson <davidson@freevolt.org> - 2023-08-13 02:30 +0200
Sorting messages by threads - was - Re: List administrators - request for intervention Bret Busby <bret@busby.net> - 2023-08-13 05:10 +0200
Re: List administrators - request for intervention - was - Re: Mailing list unsubscription requests and identificatio Andy Smith <andy@strugglers.net> - 2023-08-13 05:50 +0200
Re: List administrators - request for intervention - was - Re: Mailing list unsubscription requests and identificatio davidson <davidson@freevolt.org> - 2023-08-13 21:40 +0200
Re: List administrators - request for intervention - was - Re: Mailing list unsubscription requests and identificatio Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> - 2023-08-13 22:50 +0200
Re: List administrators - request for intervention - was - Re: Mailing list unsubscription requests and identificatio davidson <davidson@freevolt.org> - 2023-08-14 19:00 +0200
Re: List administrators - request for intervention - was - Re: Mailing list unsubscription requests and identificatio Bret Busby <bret@busby.net> - 2023-08-14 00:40 +0200
Re: List administrators - request for intervention - was - Re: Mailing list unsubscription requests and identificatio davidson <davidson@freevolt.org> - 2023-08-14 20:30 +0200
Re: Mailing list unsubscription requests and identificatio Larry Martell <larry.martell@gmail.com> - 2023-08-12 03:20 +0200
Re: Mailing list unsubscription requests and identificatio gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-08-12 04:40 +0200
Re: Mailing list unsubscription requests and identificatio zithro <slack@rabbit.lu> - 2023-08-14 18:30 +0200
Re: Mailing list unsubscription requests and identificatio gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-08-14 21:40 +0200
Re: Mailing list unsubscription requests and identificatio Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2023-08-12 18:20 +0200
Re: Mailing list unsubscription requests and identificatio gene heskett <gheskett@shentel.net> - 2023-08-12 21:00 +0200
Re: Mailing list unsubscription requests and identificatio David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2023-08-12 05:20 +0200
Re: Mailing list unsubscription requests and identificatio Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> - 2023-08-13 01:30 +0200
Re: Mailing list unsubscription requests and identificatio Curt <curty@free.fr> - 2023-08-13 19:00 +0200
Re: Mailing list unsubscription requests and identificatio tomas@tuxteam.de - 2023-08-12 06:50 +0200
Re: UNUBSCRIBE Ottavio Caruso <ottavio2006-usenet2012@yahoo.com> - 2023-08-11 17:50 +0200
Re: UNUBSCRIBE Bret Busby <bret@busby.net> - 2023-08-11 20:10 +0200
Re: UNUBSCRIBE Ottavio Caruso <ottavio2006-usenet2012@yahoo.com> - 2023-08-12 10:10 +0200
Re: UNUBSCRIBE Bret Busby <bret@busby.net> - 2023-08-12 12:20 +0200
Re: UNUBSCRIBE debian-user@howorth.org.uk - 2023-08-11 19:10 +0200
Re: UNUBSCRIBE Bret Busby <bret@busby.net> - 2023-08-11 20:00 +0200
Alpine was: UNUBSCRIBE fjd <moelmoel2714@gmail.com> - 2023-08-12 04:20 +0200
Re: Alpine was: UNUBSCRIBE Bret Busby <bret@busby.net> - 2023-08-12 12:10 +0200
Re: Alpine was: UNUBSCRIBE fjd <moelmoel2714@gmail.com> - 2023-08-13 06:00 +0200
Re: Alpine was: UNUBSCRIBE fjd <moelmoel2714@gmail.com> - 2023-08-13 06:20 +0200
Re: Alpine was: UNUBSCRIBE Jeffrey Walton <noloader@gmail.com> - 2023-08-12 16:50 +0200
Re: Alpine was: UNUBSCRIBE Greg Wooledge <greg@wooledge.org> - 2023-08-12 17:10 +0200
Re: Alpine was: UNUBSCRIBE Bret Busby <bret@busby.net> - 2023-08-12 20:50 +0200
Re: Alpine was: UNUBSCRIBE David Wright <deblis@lionunicorn.co.uk> - 2023-08-13 01:30 +0200
Re: UNUBSCRIBE Charles Curley <charlescurley@charlescurley.com> - 2023-08-11 17:50 +0200
Re: UNUBSCRIBE Brad Rogers <brad@fineby.me.uk> - 2023-08-11 21:50 +0200
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