Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/09/21

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Subject: Re: Digest Alternative
From: ABreull@aol.com
Date: Sun, 21 Sep 1997 13:55:07 -0400 (EDT)

In einer eMail vom 21.09.1997  17:02:24, schreiben Sie:

>At 06:20 AM 9/21/97 -0700, you wrote:
>>On 21 Sep 97,  Carl Socolow wrote:
>>
>><snip>
>> 
>>> > If it is possible to switch to undigested form, please make that
>>> > change for
>>> > me.
>>> > 
>>> > Sincerely,
>>
>>> You'll be sorry.
>>> 
>>> Carl S.
>>
>>Nah! I don't like digests. Takes as long, or longer, to cull and read 
>>than it does from a nice filtered folder with all the individual 
>>messages. That, compounded by the lesser convenience in replying...
>>--
>>Roger Beamon  
>>
>
>Roger's correct... you'll like the regular list much better than the
>digest. Digests, besides always being late, suck!
>
>Jim

Compared to the digest, (at least) AOL misses about 20% of the actual mails,
and in another 20% you get the reply/-s before the original statement (if you
get it). So it's not maybe so bad, to save the digests additionally.

Alf