From: Chad Perrin <perrin@...>
Date: 2007-09-06T23:09:31+09:00
Subject: Re: subject line

On Thu, Sep 06, 2007 at 11:49:50AM +0900, Reid Thompson wrote:
> Chad Perrin wrote:
> >On Wed, Sep 05, 2007 at 11:56:13PM +0900, Brandon M. Browning wrote:
> >>On Wed, Sep 05, 2007 at 10:58:52PM +0900, Chad Perrin wrote:
> >>
> >>>My reason is that I want ruby-talk traffic in my main inbox, and I want
> >>>to sort by thread, but I want to be able to discern ruby-talk (and other
> >>>list traffic) at a glance. 
> >>Since you use Mutt, have you tried this?  Type l (lowercase L), then:
> >>
> >>  ~N ~h ruby-talk   
> >
> >Not lately.  Thanks for the reminder.
> >
> >For those who are reading this and decide they want to try out the limit
> >command in mutt, it's probably important to mention that hitting <L>
> >again (that's the 'L' key, with no other keys) followed by <Enter>
> >without any parameters, will "undo" the view limit.  I try to make it a
> >policy to always explain how to undo something whenever I explain how to
> >do it, as that can be the most important piece of information (especially
> >when failing to undo a mistake can effectively prevent asking for more
> >help, as in the case of dealing with an MUA).
> 
> additionally, ( and you may already be using it ) something like
>     color index red black "~h ruby-talk"
> in .muttrc may be of use

I've been using color indexes, but the nature of my work is such that I
can't always guarantee that colors show up when I'm accessing email away
from home.  Such is life.

Thanks, though, for trying to help.

-- 
CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ]
Rudy Giuliani: "You have free speech so I can be heard."