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Date: Tue, 18 Mar 1997 01:37:01 +0000
From: Dave Pearson <davep AT hagbard DOT demon DOT co DOT uk>
To: opendos AT mail DOT tacoma DOT net
Subject: Re: [opendos] Reply-to fields
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On Mar 17, 1997 at 11:15:49PM +0000, dg AT dcs DOT st-and DOT ac DOT uk wrote:

> >Can't you guys just hit followup instead of reply?
> 
> Because I don't have a followup button. I use a mail reader for
> reading mail, not a news reader.

What you need is a mail reader that understands the concept of mailing
lists:

	http://www.cs.hmc.edu/~me/mutt/index.html

> Really, though, we should shift the whole thing to a
> newsgroup. Mailing lists weren't *designed* for this sort of
> volume. Most people's inboxes get cluttered up. 

...procmail...

> Some people can do automatic filtering (like me), but lets not start
> a my-mail-reader-is-bigger-than-YOUR-mail-reader argument, shall we?
> We've already been flamed once for drifting off topic...

Bugger, oh well, too late.... :-)

(quick attempt at staying on topic). Err, perhaps we should look at
porting something like mutt to OpenDOS? (hmm, a pretty lame attempt at
staying on topic).

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