Newbie Mailing List Questions
[1/7] from: stasil213::yahoo at: 18-Dec-2003 0:48
Greetings,
I've been playing with Rebol for a few months now (I like it!!), but am new
to this mailing list. I have a few questions.
1. Are mail list threads determined only by the subject? In other words,
can I add my two cents to an existing topic just by typing in the correct
subject? Or do I have to reply to an existing email? Does Re: matter in
the subject?
I.E. Would a new email w/ subject "Mailing List Questions" be in this
thread? Would "Re: Newbie Mailing List Questions" be in this thread? "Re:
Re: Newbie Mailing List Questions"?
2. I would like to combine my own "dictionary" code with suggestions made
in the recent thread about dictionaries/hash tables. I am guessing the
result will be a screen-full of code. I then would value input from people
like you to help refine it further. Is this mailing list a good place to go
back and forth on a screen-full of code? Are there other places?
3. Is there a wiki for Rebol? (Not the engine/source code, but a site I
can visit?) Specifically, I am looking for a place to read about and post
Rebol Idioms. For example, I saw some of Carl S's code that made an object,
and within the object he did a
set 'funcname func [] [...
It would be interesting to learn more about this idiom (among others), and
when it is helpful.
Thanks in advance, and best regards,
Stan Silver
[2/7] from: SunandaDH:aol at: 17-Dec-2003 19:38
Hi Stan
> . Are mail list threads determined only by the subject? In other words,
> can I add my two cents to an existing topic just by typing in the correct
> subject? Or do I have to reply to an existing email? Does Re: matter in
> the subject?
I'm pretty sure it's just done on the text string. So you don't have to
reply to a specific email.
> 2. I would like to combine my own "dictionary" code with suggestions made
> in the recent thread about dictionaries/hash tables. I am guessing the
> result will be a screen-full of code. I then would value input from people
> like you to help refine it further. Is this mailing list a good place to
go
> back and forth on a screen-full of code? Are there other places?
Here works well.
Also try out the Altme REBOL world
(Get Altme from safeworlds.com and then visit the REBOL world as user guest,
password guest).
Once you have some code you are happy with, consider publishing it in the
Script Library -- REBOL.org
> 3. Is there a wiki for Rebol? (Not the engine/source code, but a site I
> can visit?) Specifically, I am looking for a place to read about and post
> Rebol Idioms.
Try Graham's Vanilla wiki:
http://compkarori.com/vanilla
Enjoy playing some more with REBOL,
Sunanda.
[3/7] from: brett::codeconscious::com at: 18-Dec-2003 11:54
> Also try out the Altme REBOL world
> (Get Altme from safeworlds.com and then visit the REBOL world as user
guest,
> password guest).
And if you do try altme, then once in, click on the accounts group and post
a message there asking for a username password. You'll need to supply an
email and your name - just look at the earlier entries for what is required.
Welcome to the list.
Brett
[4/7] from: joel:neely:fedex at: 18-Dec-2003 5:48
Hi, Stan,
Welcome to the list!
Stan Silver wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> 1. Are mail list threads determined only by the subject? In other words,
> can I add my two cents to an existing topic just by typing in the correct
> subject? Or do I have to reply to an existing email? Does Re: matter in
> the subject?
>
Take a look at the mail headers in your email client (e.g. in Netscape
or Mozilla there's an option in the "View" menu to do this). If you
reply to a previous email, the mail client should include the email
ID of the onw you're replying to in the "References" header. I think
that some email clients use this to construct the threading; If you
don't reply, but simply type the same string into the "Subject" then
it may not be picked up as belonging to the same thread.
-jn-
[5/7] from: stasil213:ya:hoo at: 23-Dec-2003 0:55
This is a test of the thread mechanism.
Stan Silver
[6/7] from: stasil213::yahoo at: 23-Dec-2003 0:49
Joel Neely, Brett Handly, and Sunanda,
Thank you for replying to my questions. Here is a summary of what I
learned:
1. This mailing list seems to make threads only from the subject string.
In general, though, if you reply to a previous email, the mail client should
include the email ID of the one you're replying to in the "References"
header. So some (other) servers could construct threads using this
information.
2. Try Graham's Vanilla wiki: http://compkarori.com/vanilla
3. This mailing list is a good place to get input on one screenful worth of
code.
4. Also try out the Altme REBOL world (Get Altme from safeworlds.com and
then visit the REBOL world as user guest, password guest).
5. Once you have some code you are happy with, consider publishing it in
the Script Library -- REBOL.org
Merry Christmas,
Stan Silver
[7/7] from: g:santilli:tiscalinet:it at: 23-Dec-2003 10:03
Hi Stan,
On Tuesday, December 23, 2003, 12:49:12 AM, you wrote:
SS> 1. This mailing list seems to make threads only from the subject string.
SS> In general, though, if you reply to a previous email, the mail client should
SS> include the email ID of the one you're replying to in the "References"
SS> header. So some (other) servers could construct threads using this
SS> information.
Just to be more precise --- actually threading is not done by the
servers at all. It's mail client that have the feature, and they
usually look for both email IDs and the subject. (But of course,
this varies greatly from client to client.)
Regards,
Gabriele.
--
Gabriele Santilli <[g--santilli--tiscalinet--it]> -- REBOL Programmer
Amiga Group Italia sez. L'Aquila --- SOON: http://www.rebol.it/