[ydl-gen] Message retrieval.

[Charles Trois]

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> Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2007 07:23:48 -0700
> From: Brian Wood <beww at bresnan.net>
> Subject: Re: [ydl-gen] Message  retrieval - addendum
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> Absolutely correct, but there's another approach as well:
> 
> You can "burst" the digest into individual messages after the digest  
> is received. Obviously only some MUAs can handle this. There are  
> scripts for Apple Mail that will do this. There is also a standalone  
> program (called, not surprisingly, "Burst Digest Messages", I think  
> it used to be called "Burst MIME Digest"). I think this bursts  
> individual messages into separate tabs or windows in a browser. The  
> old XMMail program did this, and I think you can do it in some way  
> with EMACS (is there anything EMACS can't do?). I'm not sure about  
> more "modern" mail programs as I haven't worked with digests in a  
> long time. Google for "burst digests" if you're interested in more info.
> 
That's exactly what I was looking for, but I'm afraid that I cannot make 
use of it. My MUA is Thunderbird, and I could find nothing relevant on 
the Net (and not on the Mozilla site either). I have looked at the Apple 
Mail script, and I don't feel up to the task of writing an adaptation 
for Thunderbird. On the other hand, I don't want to leave Thunderbird 
for Mail. So I have to go on writing replies to the whole digest (like 
this message).
Many thanks to all who offered sugestions!

Charles