Chris's Wiki :: blog/sysadmin/HowIUseEmail Commentshttps://utcc.utoronto.ca/~cks/space/blog/sysadmin/HowIUseEmail?atomcommentsDWiki2013-02-11T21:05:59ZRecent comments in Chris's Wiki :: blog/sysadmin/HowIUseEmail.By Chris Siebenmann on /blog/sysadmin/HowIUseEmailtag:CSpace:blog/sysadmin/HowIUseEmail:014dd02914d770cca18a5b70e9bc0d912bdbad3bChris Siebenmann<div class="wikitext"><p>I use trn4 for Gmane for various reasons, partly because I've been using
(t)rn for decades by now and I'm very used to the interface.</p>
</div>2013-02-11T21:05:59ZFrom 138.246.85.203 on /blog/sysadmin/HowIUseEmailtag:CSpace:blog/sysadmin/HowIUseEmail:08d38dafa7d703a15c078eda63b74db018c5ecb7From 138.246.85.203<div class="wikitext"><p>Sounds like the exact opposite of me, who just dumps everything into INBOX and never deletes stuff (except for spam). Read mail is done mail, and my threading enabled mail reader (Gnus) lets me reference to discussions easily. If I have to reply to a mail later, I keep it unread (usually less than 5, often 0). I use xlbiff (by your recommendation) to show unread mail. Some mails I know I have to refer to later (less than 30 usually), I mark as "important", and they will show up in the default Gnus view even if they are read. INBOX has ~27k mails right now, which starts getting a problem for many clients, but not for Gnus. (Nor Gmail, which I use on the phone. I keep mails unread when I need to act on them on the desktop.)</p>
<p>I use one folder per mailing list (when it has more than one mail a day, say). Sysadmin notifications get in a folder depending on system, and are "mark all read" easily, if the subjects don't show failed tasks.</p>
<p>I read higher-traffic mailing lists via Gmane as well. I'm curious which news client you use?</p>
<p>---Christian Neukirchen</p>
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