On Tue, 2012-08-21 at 13:51 -0600, Bob Proulx wrote: > Camaleón wrote: > > Gary Roach wrote: > > > I'm presently using the standard form of this mailing list and wish to > > > change to the digest form. > > > > If you want to post replies, I wouldn't do it :-/ > > Agreed strongly! Please do not post replies from a digest. > > > > Can I just re-subscribe to the digest form or do I have to unsubscribe > > > from the standard for as well. > > > > You will have to "unsusbscribe" for one (normal) and then "subscribe" for > > the other (digest) but again, reconsider it... if you don't want to store > > messages in your hard disk you can use a newsreader and NNTP, no > > subscription nor local space needed. > > People using digests usually don't know how to reply using them and > cause a lot of problems. Please don't be the source of problems. > Using a digested mailing list is hard! You need special tools in > order to burst the digest to read and reply to it. > > As Camaleón writes people that think they might want the digest form > would be much better served by using the newsgroups. Or Gmane. Or > other web archive reader. I use the mailing list interface. But to > avoid the problems of a digest I will suggest Gmane as one of the less > objectionable alternatives. Try this. > > Overview: > http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.linux.debian.user > > Web page reader using frames and threads: > http://news.gmane.org/gmane.linux.debian.user > > Bob
While my MUA is able to handle replies to digest correctly, digest anyway caused that much trouble, that I canceled it and subscribed to the "normal" mailing list again. YMMV, Ralf -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/1345616765.3957.3.camel@precise
