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[Chris Green]

Michael Torrie <torriem at gmail.com> wrote:
> Comparing to IMAP and Thunderbird:
> 
> On 05/23/2018 04:39 PM, Chris Green wrote:
> > Well from other comments here it seems I'm not alone but anyway:-
> > 
> >     Proper threading etc. is built in
> 
> check.
> 
> > 
> >     It's automatically archived and one can search back through
> >     threads for old postings, this is by design not an add on.
> 
> point conceded, although I've never used this feature when I was on Usenet.
> 
> >     Kill files and other similar filtering abilities are part of the
> >     user interface
> 
> true, but I can get the same job done with thunderbird and my normal
> email filtering that I do.  

Possibly, but it's easier with most NNTP clients.  I use both mailing
lists (mutt) and Usenet (tin) and if I have the choice (as with
Python) then I always go for Usenet/tin.

> 
> >     Automatic handling of new messages and a means to say "I've read
> >     everything here".
> 
> Yes I can mark an entire thread as "read" in IMAP.
> 
A *thread* yes, but not a whole list.  I.e. if you read this using
mail/IMAP you can mark a thread read but you can't mark *all* Python
list messages read in one go can you?   With tin/Usenet I look at the
list of new subjects in the Python group, I may investigate a couple
of threads, then I just hit 'C' and all of the Python group is marked
as read.


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Chris Green
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