Re: Should we drop the digest?

[Kneale Brownson <knotnook@traverse.com>]

I have the option of reviewing the mail on my server's machine before
downloading it to my machine.  Perhaps Justin is doing something like that.

Kneale




At 11:20 AM 5/4/99 -0400, Phil Rose wrote:
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>>There are many times I find that none of the subjects apply to me in either a
>>need basis or a help basis, so I don't have to download the file (talk about
>>saving BW)!
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>>Anyway, I love the list and the help all of you provide.  And for sake of the
>>tally, throw my hat in the "keep the digest" circle.
>>
>>Cheers,
>>Justin Bowers
>>90 V8q
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> I do agree with your sentiment about keeping the digest,...
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>but you say you are able to read a digest's subject list and _then_ make a
>decision about whether "to download the file".? How? In my experience, the
>digest arrives as an e-mail message which must be downloaded in order to
>read its list of subjects. Using the website-based daily archive (not
>really a digest) is the only way I can think of doing something like what
>you claim to be able to do.
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>Phil Rose				Rochester, NY
>'91 200q				mailto:pjrose@servtech.com
>'89 100
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