From 037e46baab3d852806dd050475250277506b20c2 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Carl Worth Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2009 16:55:49 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] Update sup post to link to Joey Hess's thread patterns. That entry of his is worth a read by anyway writing or using an email client. --- src/sup/a-mail-client-for-geeks.mdwn | 8 +++++++- 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/src/sup/a-mail-client-for-geeks.mdwn b/src/sup/a-mail-client-for-geeks.mdwn index 54c1e93..a2317cb 100644 --- a/src/sup/a-mail-client-for-geeks.mdwn +++ b/src/sup/a-mail-client-for-geeks.mdwn @@ -89,7 +89,13 @@ the learning-based approaches). It also does a few things I hadn't specified, such as displaying email in a full-thread nested view, (rather than one message at a time), with quoted elements and signatures folded out of view until the user -asks to see them. +asks to see them. Another nice touch is that the single-line +presentation of a thread includes the first names of participants in +the thread, (with bold names to indicate unread messages). This +provides some of the essential information needed for applying Joey +Hess's [thread +patterns](http://joey.kitenet.net/blog/entry/thread_patterns/), but +without the tree view at this point. [Note: I have been told that several of the above features are also implemented in gmail. I've never tried gmail myself, since it fails to -- 2.43.0