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Author: Didier Kryn
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To: dng
Subject: Re: [DNG] Dng Digest, Vol 13, Issue 7
Is there any relation between this discussion and the subject "Re:
[DNG] Dng Digest, Vol 13, Issue 7" ?

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     Didier


Le 03/10/2015 00:02, JeremyBekka C a écrit :
>
>
>     Message: 3
>     Date: Fri, 2 Oct 2015 12:37:39 -0400
>     From: Miles Fidelman <mfidelman@???
>     <mailto:mfidelman@meetinghouse.net>>
>     To: dng@??? <mailto:dng@lists.dyne.org>
>     Subject: Re: [DNG] mailing list software
>     Message-ID: <560EB2D3.4060505@???
>     <mailto:560EB2D3.4060505@meetinghouse.net>>
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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.
>
>
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