[Info-vax] REPLY/ALL in VMS Mail client ?

Dave Froble davef at tsoft-inc.com
Tue Dec 14 12:22:36 EST 2021


On 12/14/2021 7:46 AM, VAXman- at SendSpamHere.ORG wrote:
> In article <sp9al1$1jf0$2 at gioia.aioe.org>, helbig at asclothestro.multivax.de (Phillip Helbig (undress to reply)) writes:
>> In article <sp8j89$cti$1 at dont-email.me>,
>> =?UTF-8?Q?Jan-Erik_S=c3=b6derholm?= <jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com>
>> writes:
>>
>>> Hm... I was also just going to "reply" to that.
>>> Why on earth does *VMS* mail need any updates?
>>> Does anyone use VMS mail to anything *at all* today?
>>> The ony use, as I see it, is to sent messages *from*
>>> a VMS system.
>>
>> ?????
>>
>> I have been using VMS MAIL for everything since 1991.  I send a few and
>> receive dozens of messages per day.  I run a moderation relay for two
>> newsgroups.
>>
>> I have used, at work, pine, elm, Lotus Notes, Outlook and so on and am
>> MUCH more comfortable with VMS MAIL.
>>
>> Different strokes for different folks.
>>
>> Of course, you need a proper keyboard to really experience the thrill.
>> :-)
>
> I too do most of my email on VMS.  When emails are HTML or base64 encoded,
> I read them on my Mac or Linux.  The crux of what I get these days is SPAM.
> It's easier to delete a large volume of email on VMS than it is on most of
> the GUI mail toys.  The worst is the Gmail on my Android tablet.  I almost
> never use the Gmail and it receives pretty much nothing but SPAM.  DELETE,
> DELETE, DELETE ad infinitum.  If only it had a DELETE/ALL.
>

Oh, that's easy.  Delete/remove/disable mail on the tablet.  I'm assuming mail 
is not the reason you have a tablet?

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