Wendy, I am not a fan of digest mode and I would never subscribe to a list in digest mode. However, with all due rspect it is very presumptious to tell anyone that Legacy (or any list for that matter) is doing the subscriber a favor by not having a mode that the subscriber prefers.
On Tue, Dec 15, 2009 at 10:12 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Is there a digest option for group messages > > that I'm not aware of, there are too many > > strings of repetitive messages being sent... > > No, there is no digest on this list. > > You may not realise it, but in a way Legacy are doing you a favour by > not having a digest - without it, you have a greater opportunity of > learning how to manage your mail box more effectively, and realise that > digests are not the best way to get the most out of any mailing list. > > Learn how to set a rule or filter in your mail box. Set one up to > direct the incoming list mail to its own folder. That keeps it away > from your other (personal) mail, so you can ignore it if you don't have > time for it at the moment, and concentrate on it when you do. > > If there are certain words you like to keep a watch for, set up another > rule to pick up those posts that contain those words and do something to > make them obvious, like change the colour of the text in the email listing. > > If you like to group posts with the same subject together, use threading > to sort the posts. > > If you don't like to read posts that are of no interest to you, scan the > list of emails before opening any and delete those you don't want to > look at. > > By receiving the individual posts and not a digest (if it were > available) you receive the posts in a more timely fashion instead of > when the digest happens to be produced. You don't have to wade through > screens of past messages when someone has neglected to edit a previous > post when replying - just hit delete (or next, or whatever you choose to > do to move on) and carry on to the next post. > > Hope this helps. :-) > > Kind Regards, > Wendy Howard > -- > Kaiwaka, Northland, New Zealand > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~wendyh65/ > <http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/%7Ewendyh65/> >-- Regards, Ron Bernier Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
