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I don't know how efficient it is but I use the Thunderbird mail client. It's very similar to Outlook (I assume. I stopped using Outlook about 5 years ago)

My only dilemma is when to purge messages. I sometimes like to search using the Thunderbird search tool but that is only useful for the email I have hung on to.

Pete


Urbanek, Marty wrote:
Just curious how other members of this community read midrange-l, i.e.
by what mechanism do you read and post?

I have always used digest mode + plain text because I don't want to be
interrupted with email every two seconds and this combination lets me
quickly scroll to the posts I want to read. But lately, even digest mode
is becoming tough to keep up with.
Some people post [seems like] the entire history of the thread to which
they are replying, so today, for example, I am receiving a digest mode
email every 8 - 15 minutes and they only contain a few new messages
because some of the posts include so much history. I usually just post
one previous message (the one I am immediately replying to), but I can
see the logic in doing it the other way.

This isn't meant to be a criticism of anybody. I'm just wondering what
other people do to manage these messages so they can monitor the
discussions without making a full-time job of it.

Thanks,
-Marty

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