On Fri, 2016-04-15 at 07:51 -0700, Brewster Gillett wrote: > 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 :-)
You forgot the most egregious one: * Blindly replying to a digest without using the special MIME mode breaks threading. poc _______________________________________________ evolution-list mailing list [email protected] To change your list options or unsubscribe, visit ... https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/evolution-list
