Re: Should we drop the digest?

[Paul R Anderson <audistuff@juno.com>]

Some people have email without internet access.  The digest is perfect
for many of us in that situation.

MO


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On Mon, 3 May 1999 15:15:49 -0400 "Curry, Rene" <Rene@SINECO.com> writes:
>I'm fairly new to the list, but on the weekends I access the posts 
>from
>the Audifans website archives which seem to update continuously.  (Is
>that a true statement?)  Couldn't this serve the same purpose as the
>digest?  I would even send an E-mail from my alternative E-mail 
>address
>on the weekend and see it post almost immediately.  Just some thought
>for discussion.
> 
>Rene Curry
>Grosse Ile, MI
>84 5KST 
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>From:	quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk 
>[SMTP:quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk]
>>Sent:	Monday, May 03, 1999 3:00 PM
>>To:	quattro@audifans.com
>>Subject:	Should we drop the digest?
>>
>>I know that many people prefer a few digests to dozens or hundreds 
>of
>>messages, and I can easily conceive of situations where it's more
>>appropriate.
>>
>>But - is the digest itself actually part of the problem?
>>
>>Many questions seem to receive two groups of answers - one or two
>>immediate replys, and then perhaps two to four a day later, when many 
>of
>>us have already forgotten the issue.
>>
>>Is it possible that the phenomenon of digest readers seeing and
>>answering questions up to a day after the whole issue is done and 
>dusted
>>is one of the most significant contributions to wasted bandwidth?
>>
>>Digest readers should _ALWAYS_ read to the end of the digest before
>>answering a question within it.  How many times do they see an item,
>>respond to it, and then find a perfectly adequate response contained 
>in
>>the same digest just a few messages further on?
>>
>>Quite apart from those who copy the whole 90KB digest into their
>>responses ...
>>
>>--
>> Phil Payne
>> Phone: 0385 302803   Fax: 01536 723021
>> (The contents of this post will _NOT_ appear in the UK Newsletter.)

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