Re: [9fans] Re: acme mail

[Ronald G Minnich <rminnich@lanl.gov>]

Russ Cox wrote:

> That's interesting but not how things are done in acme.
> You're trying to push the drag-and-drop metaphor into
> places where it was not intended.  

hmm, I wasn't really after drag and drop.

But let me try again.

Could I sweep out a section of the main mail window, do a
|filter
in the tag line, and then end up with the messages marked with where 
they will be filtered to, in ()? i.e. (9fans)- in front of a message, 
(deleted)- in front of others, and so on. Then all I do is a Put and 
things get filed.

Then I could build up my rules bit by bit, to the point that I can read 
mail, and just file it as needed.

I would rather read and file, rather than have some filter auto-file and 
then I read from lots of different places. But that's me. Lots of people 
I know want it filed before they read it.


> I note that your approach requires having some other window
> with a list of folders.  Typing next to Save does not.

Agreed. At the same time, I have about 100 folders, and don't always 
remember them all. A list can be useful.

> I have been using acme mail again for the past week
> or so, and it's really nice to be back, especially after
> the drag-and-drop clumsiness of most mailers.  

I'm pretty sick of drag and drop. But I need an interface that lets me 
filter a lot of mail fast.

> 
> I am running a new upas/fs and a slightly-changed 
> version of acme mail.  In my setup (though not in the
> standard one - yet), Save goes through upas/fs, so
> that in fact all my mail - incoming and saved - is kept
> on the mail server.  It doesn't matter whether I Save on
> my laptop or on my desktop.
> 

neat. I've tried to do something like this with the linux mailers and 
it's a bit of a pain -- when you can do it at all.

Also, our mail allocation at LANL is ONE GB -- I can't fit there.

ron