From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Brady Trainor Subject: Re: (OT) How to follow a mailing list with very high activity (like this one here)? Date: Thu, 17 Apr 2014 20:45:28 -0700 Message-ID: <53509FD8.4060905@uw.edu> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:45533) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1WazkC-0005Fj-US for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Apr 2014 23:45:48 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Wazk5-0001p0-CA for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Apr 2014 23:45:40 -0400 Received: from mail-pb0-f47.google.com ([209.85.160.47]:43535) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1Wazk5-0001or-4K for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Thu, 17 Apr 2014 23:45:33 -0400 Received: by mail-pb0-f47.google.com with SMTP id up15so1055183pbc.6 for ; Thu, 17 Apr 2014 20:45:31 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [192.168.0.254] (71-217-24-179.tukw.qwest.net. [71.217.24.179]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id yx3sm56849065pbb.6.2014.04.17.20.45.29 for (version=TLSv1 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Thu, 17 Apr 2014 20:45:30 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On 04/16/2014 12:28 PM, M wrote: > This is off-topic, but I hope that someone can give me some good advice: TLDR version: I've decided to go with newsgroup rather than subscribe, and Thunderbird rather than GNUS. have we established the following ? 3 routes: - subscribe to mailing list with your email address - simply view the newsgroup - RSS Some apps: - Gmane website - MS Entourage - Emacs GNUS - Wanderlust - Thunderbird It was right on topic for me, I was thinking about writing a similar question for the last week or so. However, I don't think I'll make it all the way to mailing list sorcerer in one fell swoop. I did finally get Emacs GNUS working yesterday (ugh, in January I decided it wasn't possible with my account), but I couldn't get comfortable in it fast enough. I'm tentative about subscribing, so I tried to learn how to be a GNUS _newsgroup_ sorcerer. But before I made much progress, I found mention that Thunderbird could operate as a newsreader, so I'm now using that, and it's nice enough for me, for now. I would like to learn to better use GNUS at some point. Brady The extended version: I was using almost exclusively the Gmane website, which was fine as it was easy to encounter during google searches, but it was not great for emailing the list. For one, it seemed to be double spacing my carefully crafted messages. I do like the easy fashion in which I can star messages in Thunderbird, and I can take a gradual approach to the learning curve as far as controlling which messages I can see or exist, while using the beginner-friendly CUA style. But now that I've achieved a vast improvement over using just the Gmane website, I will be reading carefully for set ups that work even better.