Hi azrael,
@ 9:44:43 PM on 4/18/2001, azrael wrote:
Marck>> Replying to a digest doesn't actually help anyone at all. In
Marck>> fact, the truth is that digest mode is okay for lurking and
Marck>> reading up but useless for anyone intending to contribute or
Marck>> have conversations. MIME digests work well for this but they
Marck>> aren't available on our servers.
a> Useless and no help or inconvenient for threading? I'd still like
a> to ask questions but I devote my mail client to one forum or list.
a> It would overwhelm the manner I use a mail client.
Both, actually. It breaks the threading and it changes the subject to
something like "Re: Digest (04/18/2001 23:36) Special Issue
(#2001-991)" which means absolutely nothing to the reader. We have to
open it and start reading to figure out if we want to bother reading
it in the first place (see: Useless and of no help).
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