[OSList] help with the formatting of the OSLIST when it arrives in my Mach Mail programme

doug ost at footprintsinthewind.com
Wed Jan 27 17:52:21 PST 2021


Hey folks, be kind. This list is managed by one overworked person 
(Harold), and the cost to maintain it is paid by the Open Space 
Institute-USA. They could use your help in the way of donations to pay 
for it, so everyone can use it for free.

:- Doug.



On 1/27/21 8:27 PM, Michael Herman via OSList wrote:
> holding a space big enough for the oslist requires really GIANT naps.  
> expect, and celebrate, apparent delays!
> 
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> On Wed, Jan 27, 2021 at 8:30 AM Harold Shinsato via OSList 
> <oslist at lists.openspacetech.org <mailto:oslist at lists.openspacetech.org>> 
> wrote:
> 
>     Hi Romy, Anne,
> 
>     I don't use, nor do I recommend the "Digest" format. You can change
>     that if you scroll to the bottom of every email from the OSList and
>     manage your subscription. You might need to reset your password if
>     you have forgotten it.
> 
>     I know it means less email traffic in your inbox if you receive the
>     "Digest" format, but it makes it really hard for the rest of us to
>     know when you reply what email you are replying to. And the digest
>     format will not be in the nice format like you want. I don't have
>     the capacity to write another group email program to fix that.
> 
>     Threads are a feature of your email reading program. I can turn on
>     threads for my Thunderbird. By default the GMail app lists things by
>     conversations, as do many others. But GMail doesn't do that if you
>     use the GNU MailMan Digest feature - which jams a whole bunch of
>     OSList emails into a single email. And you can't change how MailMan
>     does the jamming.
> 
>     Hope that makes sense. And my profuse apologies for not being an
>     active moderator or manager of the OSList, and that I don't reply
>     quickly to requests. Sometimes I don't even see them. Many many
>     apologies! There is a big chunk of work on my plate for the OSList
>     to upgrade us to the latest version which should solve several
>     problems, though I don't think it will solve the "Digest" problem.
>     I'm hoping all of us can self-manage most of the other needs.
> 
>          Harold
> 
>     On 1/26/21 3:14 AM, Romy Shovelton via OSList wrote:
>>     Hello Harold,
>>
>>     It was SO lovely to see you and be with you at the weekend. The
>>     person who is behind so much work to keep us all in touch via the
>>     OSLIST… and with us once again, helping with all sorts of
>>     technical magic. Thanks again.
>>
>>     I wonder if you might be able to help me with the way that the
>>     OSLIST arrives into my Mach Mail programme? As you see below…. I
>>     receive this list with duplicates of conversations through it +
>>     lots of other general stuff… making it hard to pick out the thread
>>     of a conversation.
>>
>>     Suzanne showed me how she receives OSLIST in her gmail account -
>>     in wonderfully clear threads, where you can see responses to a
>>     particular posting, and not extraneous bla bla. I tried logging
>>     into gmail, rather than my Mach Mail programme, and unfortunately
>>     did not receive the OSLIST in the way that Suzanne does.
>>
>>     Do you have any clues about what I might do?
>>
>>     Thanks again SO much
>>
>>     Romy
>>
>>
>>     *Romy Shovelton*
>>
>>     *Executive Director*
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>>     romy.shovelton at gmail.com <mailto:romy.shovelton at gmail.com>
>>     romy at walescottageandvenue.com <mailto:romy at walescottageandvenue.com>
>>     romy at wikima.com <mailto:romy at wikima.com>
>>     skype: romy shovelton
>>
>>     +44 (0) 7767 370739
>>     +44 (0) 1686 420725
>>
>>     Tyddyn y Pwll, Carno
>>     Caersws, Powys, SY17 5JU
>>
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