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

VAXman- at SendSpamHere.ORG VAXman- at SendSpamHere.ORG
Fri Dec 17 10:07:51 EST 2021


In article <d97c1624-f151-4a55-a489-675c3075ae83n at googlegroups.com>, John Vottero <john at vottero.com> writes:
>On Thursday, December 16, 2021 at 9:03:04 AM UTC-5, VAXman- wrote:
>> In article <d638bba5-ab2e-439b... at googlegroups.com>, John Vottero <jo... at vottero.com> writes: 
>> >On Tuesday, December 14, 2021 at 7:46:32 AM UTC-5, VAXman- wrote: 
>> >> In article <sp9al1$1jf0$2... at gioia.aioe.org>, hel... at asclothestro.multivax.de (Phillip Helbig (undress to reply)) writes: 
>> >> >In article <sp8j89$cti$1... at dont-email.me>, 
>> >> >=?UTF-8?Q?Jan-Erik_S=c3=b6derholm?= <jan-erik.... 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. 
>> >> 
>> > 
>> >Click the checkbox in the column headings. That will check all e-mails. Then you can click delete.
>> Have you ever used Gmail on an Android tablet? There's no column checkbox!
>> >There's also a pulldown in the checkbox column heading which lets you select various sets of e-mails.
>> No checkbox column.
>> >It's not as good as a CLI could be but, it's better than nothing.
>> If it existed, it might be.
>> -- 
>> VAXman- A Bored Certified VMS Kernel Mode Hacker VAXman(at)TMESIS(dot)ORG 
>> 
>> I speak to machines with the voice of humanity.
>
>Sorry, you're using the GMail app. I was talking about the browser client.
>
>In the GMail app, click the "hamburger" icon in the top, left and then pick "All Mail". Then click Delete.

No hamburger or cheesesteak or bratwurst or frankfurter icons.

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