From: Sharon Kimble <boudiccas@talktalk.net>
To: Brady Trainor <algebrat@uw.edu>
Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: (OT) How to follow a mailing list with very high activity (like this one here)?
Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2014 09:35:44 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87d2gfyqzj.fsf@talktalk.net> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <53509FD8.4060905@uw.edu> (Brady Trainor's message of "Thu, 17 Apr 2014 20:45:28 -0700")
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Brady Trainor <algebrat@uw.edu> writes:
> 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'm currently using GNUs for email [2 pop3 accounts and gmail], newsgroup reading, and rss feed reading too. I've moved from using 'Claws-mail' for several years to GNUs, and I've been using it reasonably successfully for about a month now. Yes, it is a steep learning curve, but its well worth it, and other folk are very patient and helpful. Its worth persevering for, and the results are good :)
Sharon.
>
> 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.
>
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Thread overview: 19+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2014-04-16 19:28 (OT) How to follow a mailing list with very high activity (like this one here)? M
2014-04-16 20:05 ` Alexander Baier
2014-04-16 21:10 ` Sacha Chua
2014-04-17 15:03 ` Igor Sosa Mayor
2014-04-17 23:56 ` Sacha Chua
2014-04-18 5:24 ` Igor Sosa Mayor
2014-04-17 7:38 ` Bastien
2014-04-17 9:10 ` Esben Stien
2014-04-17 12:52 ` John Hendy
2014-04-17 12:59 ` J. David Boyd
2014-04-17 13:40 ` Bastien
2014-04-17 14:28 ` John Hendy
2014-04-17 14:37 ` Bastien
2014-04-17 15:30 ` Eric S Fraga
2014-04-18 6:53 ` Alan Schmitt
2014-04-18 3:45 ` Brady Trainor
2014-04-18 8:35 ` Sharon Kimble [this message]
2014-05-30 5:38 ` Brady Trainor
2014-04-18 8:09 ` Martin Beck
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