>IMHO, there's probably a good argument here for making digest the
>default for any mail list, and letting anyone who wants individual
>messages switch over, because most folks don't seem to care (and most
>when given the choice and allowed to try both by fiat actually
>preferred digests, from my admittedly not scientifically rigorous
>research). I never followed this up because (a) digest-by-default
>isn't the internet standard, and I didn't feel like pushing this
>issue, (b) I got enough capacity that I didn't NEED to push the
>issue, and (c) I had other fish to fry.
I've been doing digest-by-default for a few years now and I'm getting
far fewer than 10% requesting to switch to individual messages. Like
most options it probably has something to do with the clientele and
the message volume. I've experimented a little (not much) with MIME
but never yet released to anyone but myself. I need to spend some
time with the more popular mail readers first to see how they render
it.
-Mitch
