Re: Should we drop the digest?

[Huw Powell <human@nh.ultranet.com>]

> > 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.

> There is a place for the digest, though. I may be back there
> myself once the e-mail admin here at work gets wind of the
> quantity of messages I now receive. I don't think getting rid
> of it will change much (other than reducing our knowledge base).
> There will always be those people who feel the need to share
> their opinions, no matter what has been said before them.

one thing that makes the time delay irrelevant, though, is the welcome
confirmation of early replies (or contradiction of them).  It's always
nice to get four or five basically identical responses to a question,
one has more confidence in their accuracy.  Of course, delayed replies
are probably better sent just to the original questioner.  If one can
figure out who that was, anyway...  I've noticed that i sometimes get
carefully detailed direct email responding to a question contained in an
answer I've posted as if I was the originator of the query.  Hmmm

-- 
Huw Powell

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