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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Unfortunately, I use Nelson Email Organizer which uses outlook as an engine (Ind my day in NEO, not Outlook.<BR>
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But at home I use Mail.app on Macs. That has a similar feature to NEO, which is 'search folders'. I bucket incoming messages and, depending on what role I'm working I'm working on - VP Engr, Osgeo Board, Dad, Music aficianado - I focus on that bucket.<BR>
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Does Thunderbird have this feature?<BR>
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Gary<BR>
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--- Original Message ---<BR>
From: "Arnulf Christl (CCGIS)" <arnulf.christl@ccgis.de><BR>
Sent: Thu 2/16/06 4:10 am<BR>
To: "board@board.osgeo.org" <board@board.osgeo.org><BR>
Cc:<BR>
Subject: RE: [OSGeo-Board] Re: OSGeo-Board Local Chapters, Translation, etc<BR>
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> Frank,<BR>
><BR>
> I too can't follow discussions on a Wiki as well as a mailing list.<BR>
> People need to be able to easily search for old messages and follow<BR>
> threads. Mailing lists and indexed archives for them are a proven<BR>
> approach.<BR>
><BR>
> I really think it's bad for the foundation to have a diffuse<BR>
> communication strategy like this. Our communications need to be targeted<BR>
> and easy to find. Moving some to a Wiki not at our domain and some to<BR>
> mailing lists is a bad move in terms of promoting our visibility. Put<BR>
> more technically: we want the Google site: qualifier to be really useful<BR>
> to people.<BR>
><BR>
> Arnulf: you need a better email client :-) I can help with that.<BR>
<BR>
Thanx,<BR>
please do so, I am open to any suggestions. I mean it, I am very unhappy<BR>
that my emails bug me that bad. I have 50k current and add 500 a day. Need<BR>
to get at it from the most strange network ends which practically reduces<BR>
it to https.<BR>
<BR>
> Gary<BR>
> -----Original Message-----<BR>
> From: Frank Warmerdam [<A HREF="mailto:fwarmerdam@gmail.com">mailto:fwarmerdam@gmail.com</A>] On Behalf Of Frank<BR>
> Warmerdam (External)<BR>
> Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 6:34 AM<BR>
> To: board@board.osgeo.org<BR>
> Subject: Re: [OSGeo-Board] Re: OSGeo-Board Local Chapters, Translation,<BR>
> etc<BR>
><BR>
> Arnulf Christl (CCGIS) wrote:<BR>
>> Doing this is cool, but why not in the Wiki? I am really swamped with<BR>
>> emails already and I don't need yet another one. The ColabNet<BR>
>> infrastructure will spawn email lists like hell anyway. In most of our<BR>
><BR>
>> work groups we have managed to reduce use of emails to manage<BR>
>> catastrophies. Everything else is done way better in the Wiki. Please<BR>
>> just have a look at this simple diagram again:<BR>
>> <A HREF="http://www.socialtext.com/images/email-vs-socialtext-20050320.gif">http://www.socialtext.com/images/email-vs-socialtext-20050320.gif</A><BR>
> ><BR>
>> It helps. Really!<BR>
><BR>
> Arnulf,<BR>
><BR>
> It is certainly my hope that the "international-discuss" group will<BR>
> formulate plans and ideas in the wiki. That is part of the reason I<BR>
> setup the page their for it with a few ideas.<BR>
><BR>
> <A HREF="http://www.fossgis.de/osgeo/index.php/International_Outreach">http://www.fossgis.de/osgeo/index.php/International_Outreach</A><BR>
><BR>
> and the "Like Minded Regional Organizations" wiki topic was setup a few<BR>
> days ago.<BR>
><BR>
> However, I still have not got the hang of "discussing" things in the<BR>
> wiki.<BR>
><BR>
>>> If you guys are supportive, I'll write up a motion in the wiki based<BR>
>>> on the above, and similar to web masters group.<BR>
>><BR>
>> Cool, do that. And wrap it in square brackets and make each one a link<BR>
><BR>
>> to a separate page. No need for initializing mailing lists. If they<BR>
>> are neede we can still set them up.<BR>
><BR>
> I'm afraid I may have jumped the gun based on a few other +1s. The<BR>
> mailing list has been setup. But this does not preclude using the wiki<BR>
> for the evolving thoughts of the group. I am also now not yet certain I<BR>
> want to make it an official committee until some discussion has started.<BR>
><BR>
> Best regards,<BR>
> --<BR>
> ---------------------------------------+--------------------------------<BR>
> ---------------------------------------+------<BR>
> I set the clouds in motion - turn up | Frank Warmerdam,<BR>
> wa</FONT>
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