> It's because Kelly receives emails from the Tech List in "digest mode". > Folks should really change it to what ever the subject was that they > are replying to but I assume folks sometimes forget. Yeah, I usually do, but forgot last time. C'est la vie. > Also, apparently the digest mode does not handle rich text (colored or fancy > type styles). That's why you hear folks griping every time someone sends an > email to the list in rich text. Paul even kicks people off the list for > sending in rich text! It's not just that- Many of us don't read our email via a browser, so all those HTML tags clutter up the text. So digest or not, the HTML or rich text messages look like hell, take up more space in my inbox, take more time to transfer (which REALLY sucks when I'm out on the road for work, and have to dial in). Paul, I applaud your unsubscribing people who refuse to turn off HTML and any non-ASCII forms of data. > Now for the life of me, I cannot figure out why anyone would want to receive > emails in digest form. You don't get the mail as it's sent, lots of > different subjects/emails are all grouped together, your blood pressure goes > up every time someone sends a rich text message, etc. Maybe someone can > explain this to me. Anyone? It does have its disadvantages. The only one that occasionally is an issue is the lack of "real time" in a conversation. But the main benefit to me is that I simply can't read all the messages I get from the Vmax lists (both of 'em), GTS list, and VOC list as they come in. I have 1200 messages (work related) in my inbox, and roughly 500 unread digests from the three bike clubs above. If those 500 digests were broken down into their component emails, I'd spend weeks trying to go through them. Or more likely, simply unsubscribe. -K ====================================================================== Kelly Cash Direct: 408-845-5762 Sr. Systems Engineer Main: 408-845-5700 Solid Data Systems FAX: 408-727-5496 2945 Oakmead Village Court [EMAIL PROTECTED] Santa Clara, CA 95051 www.soliddata.com ====================================================================== ............................................. To unsubscribe go to http://www.sayegh.org/unsubscribe.htm .............................................
