Author: JeremyBekka C Date: To: dng Subject: Re: [DNG] Dng Digest, Vol 13, Issue 7
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> Message: 3
> Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2015 12:37:39 -0400
> From: Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@???>
> To: dng@???
> Subject: Re: [DNG] mailing list software
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> 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
>
> Miles Fidelman
>
>
> --
> In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice.
> In practice, there is. .... Yogi Berra
>
Sorry, my bad. I was not sure what to search for and thought mailman was
what I wanted.
The reason I was thinking of using something other that gmail was because
of a discusion a few months ago here on this mailing list. That discussion
was about the proper way to respond to messages and there was talk about
the problem of using email services like gmail. I thought there were
programs specifically made for mailing lists like this one.
The reason I don't like gmail is because it is hard to reply to certain
messages and when I want to quote someone I don't know how to show what is
my message and what I am quoting. Also, I am not sure if I can block
certain people from my list, like if some one is trolling the list and I
don't want to see their messages.