RE: Should we drop the digest?

["Dupree, Jim" <dupree@alldata.com>]

I was on a different list via their digest. I used the digest for several
reasons but a Web site would not have substituted because I did not have
Internet access. The company I worked for then only gave us e-mail access to
the outside world. At that time I did not have access at home either. I am
not on the digest here so what is  or isn't done does not directly affect me
but I suspect there are some people out there with similar situations. I
have not been to the archives, can you down load the newest messages so you
don't need to read on line?
Just thinking out loud.
Jim

		-----Original Message-----
		From:	Curry, Rene [mailto:Rene@SINECO.com]
		Sent:	Monday, May 03, 1999 12:16 PM
		To:	'quk@isham-research.demon.co.uk'; 'Audifans'
		Subject:	RE: Should we drop the digest?

		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
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