Re: TECH: Switching to a better e-mail program

On 18/07/06, Paul Bennett <paul-bennett@...> wrote:
> On Mon, 17 Jul 2006 21:04:34 -0400, Peter Ara Guekguezian
> <kode-conlangs@...> wrote:
>
> > The e-mail address I'm using now is definitely not optimal for a list.
> > Thus, I will find a new address specifically for this list.
> >
> > Two Questions:
> >
> > 1) What is a good (& free) e-mail service to use for the list? (i.e., one
> > that automatically sorts different threads)
>
> http://www.gmail.com/ seems to work well enough,
To be contrary: Gmail has really bad thread sorting. It looks only at
the subject header. So if two messages have the same subject header
and are near enough in time, they get classed as the same thread. But
often, a message comes a month after the rest of the thread, and it
gets broken (making finding the original thread harder) or some
terribly minor change is made to the thread header (such as the
addition of "OT:", or an extra space), and the threading gets broken,
or two threads are merged into one because they share the same subject
and came near enough in time. Obviously this means there's only a
single (flat) level of threading: replies to replies and subthreads
are not indicated.

So seriously, if you care at all about threading *don't* use the GMail client.

(If you use more than one email address, GMail's client also has
issues with picking the right one. Basically, it doesn't try to. The
combination of these two problems, and a few other lesser ones, is
presently making me poke around at Evolution and Thunderbird to see
why I stopped using them.)

...

> > 2) Is there any easy way to switch addresses, besides the obvious one of
> > cancelling CONLANG-LIST at this address and subscribing at the new one?
> > Or, can I just tell the 'listserv' the new address I wish to use for this
> > list?
>
> I suspect that is the easiest way.
Indeeed, tmk, it's the only way.

--
Tristan.

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