Quoting Tanstaafl <tansta...@libertytrek.org>:
On 4/2/2015 1:45 PM, J.B. Nicholson-Owens <j...@forestfield.org> wrote:I also think we should stop offering mailing list digests, particularly because I don't see a need for them now that bandwidth to most Internet users is plentiful (plentiful enough to see widespread use of HTML email, for instance) and so many users pick gratis email hosting that imposes no quota on them (to maximize effectiveness of spying on users?). I'd be willing to reconsider my opinion on digests if there were some compelling reason(s) to continue digests. So far all I see in digests are the bad points: digests break threading, replies to digests contain far more quoted material than original material, and top posting makes digests even harder for me to figure out what is being replied to.Well, liomited bandwidth was never a reason (in my mind) for wanting digest versions of some email lists... The main reason I may choose a digest version of a list is if it is high-volume, and/or I am more of a lurker than participant. In such a case digests makes the Inbox (or folder if they are filtered to one) less cluttered.
Agreed. I see some users choosing digest options even of relatively low volume lists that I host. I myself use the digest option for certain low priority lists that I want to get to, but not right away.
-- David Benfell <benf...@parts-unknown.org>
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