Comments on: Using Gmail to read Threaded Conversations from Listservs

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By: Zoe

Zoe — Thu, 12 Apr 2007 19:07:02 +0000

I personally hate gmail for listserv reading. It would be good for this if it wasn’t for the inevitable listserv users who break the threads. (These are usually digest users who can’t reply to an individual message, so just create a new one copying the subject line.) When this happens, gmail moves the new broken thread to the top of the list because it has the latest message in it. The problem with organizing your threads by the last message in the thread instead of the first message in the thread is that if someone then replies to the original thread, it now gets moved to the top. So, the two pieces of the thread keep moving in relationship to each other as well as the other threads as people reply to both pieces. This makes it really difficult for me to find the start of a thread when I want it or any particular message in it. I can search for it, but I shouldn’t have to. In Thunderbird, the threads are organized by the first message date, so even when the threads get broken, I know that the first piece of the thread will be higher up in my window. It’s much easier to scan and find messages, and I can always result to searching in Thunderbird too if I need to. As soon as I get my email organized (ha!), I’m closing my gmail account and using Thunderbird for everything.

By: Tom

Tom — Tue, 26 Dec 2006 02:58:22 +0000

In the bottom of the post, I added a little note about how Gmail threads conversations. I wanted to include an image. Of all email applications, I think it handles listservs well, but unfortunately I don’t read enough listservs to really know whether it works. I like to be subscribed to listservs, but I usually only read them when I’m searching for information.

By: Beth Adele Long

Beth Adele Long — Fri, 22 Dec 2006 14:00:47 +0000

Let me know how it goes… I’ve started using my Gmail account more and more lately. Their spam filters are flawless, for one thing, and I don’t worry that an email will get eaten by my server. I’m curious how it handles listservs.