Gmail's interface is really great for mailing lists.  It keeps everything
nicely organized, suppresses quoted parts of the message unless you tell it
to show, and lets you post where ever you like with respect to the reply
message (lthough it does default to top).


James


On 12/1/05, Xiaofan Chen <xiaofanc@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> After the top-posting thread (sorry to those who feel it is too much), I
> think
> I come to an conclusion that Outlook 2K is not a good option to post to
> PIClist. It is a decent option to read PIClist though since I do not
> subscribe
> to [OT] from Outlook 2k. I guess any email reader is okay as long as
> [OT] is unsubscribed. ;-)
>
> Gmane makes possible to access PIClist using newsgroup reader.
> I use Outlook Express to read quite some technical related lists.
> There is still a problem with PIClist: threading support of OE is not so
> good. That is not a problem for other lists but it can be a problem
> for PIClist. PIClist is special. ;-)
>
> PIClist.com seems to be a good candidate. In reality, it is not since it
> is much slower than Gmane. It does have the benefits of adding the
> [SX] but who I do not cares about [SX] -- SX is dying anyway.
>
> I am mainly using Gmail now. It seems to be quite an okay option.
>
> What are your preferred tools for PIClist
>
> Regards,
> Xiaofan
>
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