Re: [Evolution] Disable Digests? [was: evolution-list Digest, Vol 156, Issue 61]

[Patrick O'Callaghan <poc usb ve>]

On Sat, 2018-07-28 at 01:09 +0200, Ralf Mardorf wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I'm uncertain, if this is a good idea. Perhaps we should consider to
> teach users how to use MIMI digest correctly.

MIME, not MIMI

> It doesn't happen too
> often, that threads broken by a wrong digest reply are send to this
> list. As you could see, I replied to the last 'correct' mail of the
> broken thread and quoted the content of the mail, with the broken thread
> on top of my reply.

You didn't quote anything in this message.

> I don't know why some subscribers prefer digest,
> but since some users do, we perhaps should accept this.

I knew something was tickling the back of my mind. This topic has been
proposed before now (by me!):
 
https://mail.gnome.org/archives/evolution-list/2017-March/msg00023.html

A quick re-reading of that thread shows that (as far as I can see) only
one person spoke up in favour of keeping digests (ignoring several
digressions that had nothing to do with the subject under discussion).
That was over a year ago. I note that at the time I added a Mailman
filter that in theory would trap digest replies into moderation. That
never worked (could be my fault or it could be a bug). I never looked
into it.

I also note that you proposed I turn off digests for a test period to
see what happens, and I said I would wait a while in case anyone
objected. The "while" turned out to be over a year, with no objections
from anyone, so I'm minded to go ahead. I'll wait a few days to give
people a second chance to react before I do anything, and hope I don't
forget again :-)

poc