On Fri, 2 Oct 2015 12:37:39 -0400
Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@???> wrote:

> JeremyBekka C wrote:
> > I have been using my gmail account to read this mailing list but I
> > would like to move over to a program specifically designed for
> > mailing lists. I found mailman and it looks like it would work
> > well. Just wondering if I could get some suggestions about would
> > program would be best to use with this and other mailing lists.
> >
>
> Methinks you might be confusing things just a trifle:
>
> - mailman (and majordomo, and sympa, and listserve....) are MAILING
> LIST MANAGERS - they're what keeps track of all the people on a list,
> and distributes mail to them - you don't use them to read mail
> (except that some provide web-based access to archives)
>
> - you READ mailing list, and SEND to them, from a basic email client
> - like gmail, or Thunderbird, or Outlook, or Mac's "Mail" program -
> all of which include features for sorting and filtering mail, and to
> a lesser or greater degree automatically displaying message threads
> and/or putting list mail into folders
>
> If you're not happy with the gmail web interface, I'd suggest playing
> with different clients that can support "IMAP" access to your mailbox

Yes, and if you like simple, and don't care about viewing HTML email, I
suggest you use Claws-Mail like I do. Much faster than Thunderbird,
works very well with IMAP.

SteveT