[ale] OT (slightly): How do you read the ale mailing list?

[rhia]

Evolution (boo, hiss, I know)
I can toggle between threaded or not.
Then again, I almost never settle for default views.
As far as having to touch each mail individually, I'm a wee bit
confused. 
I scan topic/subject, read a few to catch the gist, then mostly find
select all plus ctrl <select>to only hit the ones worth keeping. If a
thread doesn't interest me, I can toggle the whole thread, delete, then
toggle back and continue.
Of those that do catch my attention, for whatever reason, I scan every
few months, and then rinse & repeat from above.
Aside from my phone, I have yet to have to "touch each mail
individually"

rhia

On Wed, 2011-05-11 at 22:06 -0400, David Ritchie wrote:
> I have been reading the long thread on OT postings, and am curious.
> How many people read the ALE using mail
> software that combines threads, and how many do not? If you are
> reading with a threaded reader (such as gmail),
> if you don't care about a thread, you just discard it. Other readers
> (such as the default views on Outlook) force you
> to touch each mail individually. Is this a possible cause of some of
> the pain people are having reading the volume of
> messages?
> 
> Best regards,
> Dave
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