Erik Reuter wrote: > >I've always thought >that individual emails are the best way to get an email list for a >number of reasons: > Me too.
I only get lists using digest when the list allows attachments or html messages that carry spam, and the digests filter them [Yahoogroup lists that allow attachments are a hell: lammers always write in html cum spam :-/] OTOH, digests that include all messages are useless: you don't save downloading time, it makes replying harder, and - worse - you can't peek at the messages and see if they are ignorable [the brin-l has achieved the Sturgeon threshold: I am ignoring about 90% of the messages] May I suggest some alternate behaviours for the digests? It would be hard to implement, but it might also be fun: (a) The digest lists _only_ sender, date/time, subject and (eventually) reply-to. So, someone (or SomeOne O:-)) might get the list in both digest and "all messages" mode, send the non-digest to a dummy folder, look at the digest and see if there's anything worth reading, and, if that's the case, go to the messagem themselves. Some other alternatives: (b) (a) plus the first _n_ lines that are non-quotes This option would require a constant dinging of those that don't follow the standard quoting norms (c) Separate all messages by subject, so that each digest would be formed by messages in some sequence This option would require a constant dinging of those that don't respect the subject standard Alberto Monteiro _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
