Re: [Evolution] Proposal: to eliminate the digest option for the Evolution mailing list

[Brewster Gillett <bg fdi us>]

>  Pete Biggs wrote:
> > So filter them into a different folder so they don't clutter your
> > inbox. I am a member of numerous mailing lists - not a single one
> > appears in my inbox, they all end up in their own folder. (For
> > efficiency, I do it on my server, but it's no different to doing it
> > within Evolution.)
> > 
> > P.

George Reeke wrote:
> Then I have to look in all those other folders to see if something has
> arrived.  The way I do it, I just see it in my one inbox when it comes
> (not often).  [I am quite familiar with this type of filtering and use
> it for other purposes, but for me it is the wrong solution for lists
> that I don't want to check often.]
> GNR

Brewster replies:

George, I'm not sure you're fully utilizing Evolution's capabilities. When I fire up Evolution, I see my 
entire list of folders, first thing. So I don't understand your phraseology "look in all those other folders
to see if something has arrived".  I have dozens of folders, and every time I download my latest 
email, any folder that has new arrivals  is clearly flagged, including the *number* of new messages
that just hit that folder.  So I don't have to "look in all those other folders" ; all I have to do is
scan the list to see which ones might have new traffic.

So for example, if I fetch my current traffic, and my "Evolution" folder shows three new 
messages, and I'm too busy to tend to them at the moment, I just ignore them; every subsequent
time I open Evolution, that reminder will still be there. 

I have long observed that filters and folders seem to be widely underused, and that's really
a shame. They can save us untold wasted minutes and hours if properly set up. And their
intelligent use pretty much obviates any perceived "advantages" to "Digest" mode.

Brewster

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