Re: [tdf-test] Re: Digest of test@documentfoundation.org issue 37 (178-182)

[Friedrich Strohmaier <damokles4-listen@bits-fritz.de>]

Hi Christian, *,

Christian Lohmaier schrieb:

> Unfortunately, the digest did not include any base64 encoded messages
> this time.

strange. Probably this depends the way mails are created by kmail?
If so this one should be base64 encoded as well.

> So all I can say is that gmail is unsuitable for handling
> digest-subscription, as it displays all messages inline. It's not
> possible to reply to the single message (well, at least not if you
> want to preserve a thread.

That's not good news.

> The only way to preserve a thread would be to request a single message
> (using the get<number> mailinglist command (I remember Friedrich and
> Florian did wonder where the message-numbers are used at all) and use
> that single message as basis for the reply, but no user will do that)

but it's indeed a way for those replying only seldomly.

> - on the other hand, gmail users will very likely not use
> digest-subscription (as there just is no need for this, if you don't
> want to follow a thread, you can mute it and won't be bothered with
> mail of the same thread.

> The message itself is a multipart/digest one, with correctly delimited
> messages and complete headers (also including the mail-archive.com
> one) for each single mail - so "real" mailclients that don't handle
> those properly/cannot even display the messages are buggy as hell and
> don't deserve the name.

You talk about gmail?? ;o))

> So again: Only problem with gmail is that it doesn't show them as
> individual messages, but shows them all inline, in one message.

> For reference/Documentation purposes a fullquote of the digest-mail as
> received/displayed/what you get when you use reply in gmail without
> editing:

which isn't very useful at all..

> On Sat, May 21, 2011 at 4:00 PM,  <test+help@documentfoundation.org> 
wrote:
>> Topics (messages 178 through 182):

[..]

Thanks for investigating
Gruß/regards
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