Re: sorting mail vs. usenet
A.R. & F.L. Scott-Thoennes (sthoenna@peak.org)
Sun, 01 Dec 1996 01:16:39 -0800
In article <681B8528@asq8po1.bah.com>, "Lemire Dave" <LEMIRED@bah.com> wrote:
>Hi, YARN List,
>
>I'm a relavtively new YARN user, but after playing with it for a bit, have a
>couple of thoughts:
>
>Am I unique in thinking that the sort/display defaults for USENET and e-mail
>should be different? YARN only has one set of defaults (best I can see) and
>therefore one preference. I'd like my e-mail box sorted by arrival with all
>messages shown, whereas I'd like USENET groups sorted by subject (and
>threaded, obviously) with only unread messages shown. This would require
>two config settings permitting the user to specify defaults for both mail
>and news. Is there a way to do this with YARN (or some of the freeware
>companion utilities?
I'll go you one better...I'd like the sort and display settings for each
individual newsgroup and folder to be however they were left at the last
time I viewed that newsgroup or folder (except, of course, for the all vs.
unread.)
Unfortunately, this isn't the kind of thing a companion utility can solve.