[Info-vax] This is for the folks who get comp.os.vms via the Info-VAX mailing list

[David Wade]

On 10/12/2023 00:18, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 12/9/2023 10:36 AM, Chris Townley wrote:
>> Can anyone recommend a half decent free (or inexpensive) newsreader 
>> for Windows?
>>
>> I currently use Eternal September and Thunderbird, and find 
>> Thunderbird flaky at best. With all the spam about I have to close and 
>> reopen it multiple times to actually read messages that are there. 
>> Setting up filters is fiddly as well. Most of the stuff around seems 
>> to be aimed at binary downloads - I just want something for reading, 
>> and posting.
> 
> I use ThunderBird on Windows and do not have a need to
> close and reopen.
> 

The latest release seems to have fixed these problems but creates 
others. I did resort going into the config editor and setting:-

mail.operate_on_msgs_in_collapsed_threads

to "false" but its now ok..

> And filter seemed pretty simple to me: define filter
> matching anything from GG but not from a few named
> users and action=delete and run when getting new. It works.
> 


yes filters are fine

> Arne
> 
> 
> 

Dave