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

From:Peter Ara Guekguezian <pag-conlanglist@...>
Date:Wednesday, July 26, 2006, 19:46
Tristan Alexander McLeay wrote:
> 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.)
I just switched to T-bird. I had some trouble getting the outgoing mail to work, but (with some help) finally managed to get it working.
> ... > >> > 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. >
Hi! Peter Ara Guekguezian writes:
> >... > > 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? > You do not need to do the unsubscribe/resubscribe cycle. > You can directly tell listserv the new address by sending a mail > > to listserv@listserv.brown.edu from you *old* address,
containing > the following mail *body*:
> change conlang new@address > **Henrik
I did so, and it worked (I sent the refcard command to listserv, and it gave the same instructions. Foolish me!) Thanks to all!