On Sun, 2005-03-27 at 14:10 -0500, Olin Lathrop wrote:
> Scanning forward to look for future replies is rather awkward, so it's not
> something I want to do regularly.  That's what I meant by it being an email
> list instead of a web forum where you see all replies to something
> immediately there.  Don't get me wrong, however, I find the email interface
> more convenient than a web forum, although it has this issue.  I think
> people just need to understand that chronological order and cause/effect can
> get scrambled within about a 24 hour window due to various effects.
> 
> > Personaly I prefer to check all replies so far so I don't clutter
> > the list with stuff already said...
> 
> That is rather awkward to do for me, at least with the setup I've got.
> Maybe there is a way to set it up differently, but this is desirable for all
> my other email, and it works fine for the PIClist in most cases too.

I see you're still using OE. Aside from avoiding all the problems
associated with using OE switching to pretty much ANY other more modern
alternative will get you a feature VERY useful for email lists:
threading.

Threading makes checking replies a joke, which results in less of your
time and other people's time wasted.



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