[R] thanks

[Sam.McClatchie at noaa.gov]

Thanks Martin and Michael

The plain digest option works well with Thunderbird.

Best fishes

Sam


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----- Original Message -----
From: Michael Dewey <med at aghmed.fsnet.co.uk>
Date: Sunday, April 29, 2007 5:20 am
Subject: Re: [R] digest readability/ thunderbird email client/ R-help

> At 21:00 28/04/2007, Martin Maechler wrote:
> >Hi Sam,
> 
> I posted a request for information on how various mailers handled 
> this so I could summarise the results and put it on a helpful 
> webpage. Nobody was willing to sing the praises of his/her 
> favourite 
> mailer so the only one I can suggest is the one I use myself, 
> Eudora, 
> although that is now no longer under development.
> 
> My offer is still open if anyone has anything to contribute.
> 
> 
> > >>>>> "SamMc" == Sam McClatchie <Sam.McClatchie at noaa.gov>
> > >>>>>     on Fri, 27 Apr 2007 11:21:56 -0700 writes:
> >
> >     SamMc> System:Linux kernel 2.6.15 Ubuntu dapper
> >     .......
> >
> >
> >     SamMc> Has anyone figured out how to make the R-help digest
> >     SamMc> more easily readable in the Thunderbird mail client?
> >     SamMc> I think the digest used to be more readable than is
> >     SamMc> currently the case with all of the messages as
> >     SamMc> attachments.
> >
> >     SamMc> I know the work around is to get individual messages
> >     SamMc> rather than the digest, use another mail client, or
> >     SamMc> just look at the archives on the web...
> >
> >     {and there are at least two alternatives to the standard
> >      archives, notably Gmane.
> >      BTW: Just found an URL that should list all R lists carried
> >           by them :  http://dir.gmane.org/search.php?match=.r.
> >
> >
> >It had been pointed out more than once that Thunderbird
> >unfortunately is not adhering to the standard(s) of such
> >digests-- too bad it still is not.
> >
> >One alternative is to get the digest as "plain" digest
> >((which BTW another standard-complying digest format, that
> >  e.g. emacs Rmail or VM can easily deal with))
> >which will most probably just appear as one long e-mail in
> >Thunderbird, with "table of contents" of all the subject lines,
> >but nothing "clickable"
> >
> >Regards,
> >Martin
> >
> >Martin Maechler, ETH Zurich
> 
> Michael Dewey
> med at aghmed.fsnet.co.uk
> http://www.aghmed.fsnet.co.uk/home.html
> 
>