From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Thu Jan 12 15:17:17 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C5479CAC7BC for ; Thu, 12 Jan 2017 15:17:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mailrelay14.qsc.de (mailrelay14.qsc.de [212.99.163.154]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client CN "*.antispameurope.com", Issuer "TeleSec ServerPass DE-2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 37D45169E for ; Thu, 12 Jan 2017 15:17:16 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Received: from mx01.qsc.de ([213.148.129.14]) by mailrelay14.qsc.de; Thu, 12 Jan 2017 16:19:33 +0100 Received: from r56.edvax.de (port-92-195-83-137.dynamic.qsc.de [92.195.83.137]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx01.qsc.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8A7083CC3F; Thu, 12 Jan 2017 16:17:07 +0100 (CET) Received: from r56.edvax.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by r56.edvax.de (8.14.5/8.14.5) with SMTP id v0CFH79K002112; Thu, 12 Jan 2017 16:17:07 +0100 (CET) (envelope-from freebsd@edvax.de) Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2017 16:17:07 +0100 From: Polytropon To: Manish Jain Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Subject: Re: Is there a dedicated mail client for list messages ? Message-Id: <20170112161707.874d23a0.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: References: Reply-To: Polytropon Organization: EDVAX X-Mailer: Sylpheed 3.1.1 (GTK+ 2.24.5; i386-portbld-freebsd8.2) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-cloud-security-sender: freebsd@edvax.de X-cloud-security-recipient: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-cloud-security-Virusscan: CLEAN X-cloud-security-disclaimer: This E-Mail was scanned by E-Mailservice on mailrelay14.qsc.de with 19FA7683427 X-cloud-security-connect: mx01.qsc.de[213.148.129.14], TLS=1, IP=213.148.129.14 X-cloud-security: scantime:.1991 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2017 15:17:17 -0000 On Thu, 12 Jan 2017 12:25:38 +0000, Manish Jain wrote: > Replying to posts at freebsd-questions, I often need to yank out the > recipient email addresses and the subject being referred to. That shouldn't be needed. The mail client should handle the recipient information (To: and Cc: headers) just fine, and the Subject: header should have only one (!) Re: prefix since the first reply. Most modern programs like Thunderbird, Sylpheed and Opera Mail (and even the "old fashioned" ones like alpine and mutt) will have no problem with that part. > I currently use thunderbird for email, but am wondering if there is an > email client which understands the list messages as separate actionable > emails. They actually _are_ separate actionable messages. You can usually switch between "message vies" and "thread view"; in Sylpheed, it's Ctrl+T. On a message, use the mailer's reply function "Reply to all" or "Reply to mailing list". I found that on _this_ particular list, "Reply to all" is preferred, so someone who asks a question can receive feedback even when he's not subscribed to the list, or receives the list in daily / weekly / monthly digests. > If such exists, replying to a post could be as trivial as just > clicking a button with recipient addresses and subject already set up. That's what I'm doing for probably 10 years now. :-) Again, allow me to recommend Sylpheed. It's a lightweight and powerful GUI mail client with all the neccessary functions, it's customizable (e. g., display and create messages as plain text, not as HTML garbage) and can be easily integrated with sendmail / fetchmail / POP / SMTP and IMAP. -- Polytropon Magdeburg, Germany Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0 Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...