On 2/23/06, jhecht@alum.mit.edu <jhecht@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
>
> Could someone please send me offline the instructions for how to switch to
> digest?
>
> My laptop is down, I'm in Malawi with the world's worst internet
> connection
> on a borrowed desktop, without most of the info on my hard disk (including
> how to switch to digest), and can't deal with the list volume at the
> moment, nor could I possibly get to the web to figure out how to switch to
> digest 'cause I'm lucky if my internet connection stays up for long enough
> to even send a single email.

Joy,

See below.

BenT

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