Paradoxically, the digest mode seems least useful for large amounts of traffic. It was originally designed for very slow circuits to end users when individual fetches were problematic. Decades later systems like Gmail handle that seamlessly and allow individual sorting of email to taste.
With my smartphone and the Gmail app I can sort out mail I **don't** want to read, by visually scanning subject lines in just a few seconds. If there are thirty posts on the same subject and thread they come up as a single subject line, not thirty scattered around on separate lines. Then tap tap tap tap on unwanted subject lines to highlight them. Tap on the garbage can icon to send them to the folder that deletes them automatically after thirty days. The alternative is mail censorship or endless bickering about what and how much ought to be on the reflector. Having learned to use Gmail's filters, over time a personal collection of filters plus the Gmail web or smartphone app can deal with even a hundred Elecraft emails in a minute or two. That does not include the time to read, absorb, and respond to the email you have *chosen* to actually read. Email today is way better as a process than what was going on when digest mode was invented. To me anyway, it's mildly mystifying that anyone still uses digest mode. 73, Guy K2AV On Sunday, September 20, 2015, George via Elecraft <[email protected] <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: > Four Elecraft Digests in one day is more than I can swallow. As I attempt > to wade through the messages, I find a lot of stuff that doesn't seem > worthy of taking up everyone's time. Microphones, seriously? > > With this much message traffic, is there a better way? > > 73, George, K5KG > > George Wagner, K5KG > Sarasota, FL 34242 > 941-400-1960 > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > Message delivered to [email protected] > -- Sent via Gmail Mobile on my iPhone ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html Message delivered to [email protected]
