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Subject:Re: what is digest like - 2nd request
Date:Sat, 28 Jun 1997 14:33:13 -0400 (EDT)

In a message dated 97-06-28 09:51:54 EDT, ejstevens@earthlink.net (Ed
Stevens) writes:

<< Immediately I have received several questions about digest mode and I 
 know nothing about it?
 
 I have not heard from anyone regarding my post to the list asking for 
 information.
 
 I hope some kind listee who has digest experience would look at 
 yesterdays post and answer the questions I put forth.  I will collect the
 >>

I used to get the "other" bus list in digest, before I got booted off that
OVERMODERATED list..... ( do you realize on the aforementioned list, they
have "public floggings" where it is announced to the whole list by the "Man
in the Big House" that an "offending" listmember is being canned....)

anyway, I digress...  grrrrr...

I saw no real advantage to digest, as you cannot directly respond to
postings, and you get everything late.  The only reason I got digest at the
time was that I had compu$erve and the mailbox limit was only 100. On a busy
Friday between the "other" bus list and V@L I used to lose messages on CSi
before I switched servers to "wonderful" AOL.....  ;<)

chris