--On Saturday, July 13, 2002 2:12 PM -0400 Nick Simicich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: ... > I looked up digest in a very abridged dictionary I happen to have on my > computer, and it has four meanings. three verb meanings: (1) the food > meaning (2) the mental absorption meaning (3) "To organize into a > systematic arrangement" and the noun meaning: "A collection of written > material in condensed form". I suppose that it could be argued that the > material is condensed in the 1153 format --- all of those extra headers > and footers are removed, and in some cases, attachments and other forms > that go with the individual messages are removed. ...
It could be -- and is -- thus argued! A Digest concentrates several (or many) works into one convenient format, eliminating the "overhead" of collecting them individually. That is precisely what an RFC1153 digest does well. A MIME "digest" is just a box of books of all sizes, shapes and formats; a real Digest is an omnibus volume that you can pick up and read.
