On Fri, 2016-04-15 at 13:27 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
<snip>
> However as I've said before, the justification for using Digest mode on
> lists has virtually disappeared. If at all possible people should avoid
> it. It belongs to the days of slow dial-up modems. I'm not saying we
> should eliminate it as there may be people who really do need it, but
> they are at most a very small minority.
>
> poc
bg:
Thank you for that concise and penetrating observation, Patrick. I've
saved it to my file
of sig-quotes :-)
For those who might not be fully aware, Digest encourages three of the
most obnoxious
amongst clueless e-list behaviours; top-posting, failure to edit
backquote, and failure
to edit subject line to match the backquote's subject. Digest mode
should have been strangled
in its crib. I have asked many Digest users to supply a justification
for their use, and when
presented with the obvious counterarguments which *any* of those
justifications are heir to, they
have no response beyond gaping like a gaffed grouper :-)
Brewster
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