At 12:48 PM 1/25/99, Derek Drew wrote:

>Here are my Principals of Vanagon List Happiness:
>
>1. DO NOT USE DIGEST MODE. People think that digest mode saves them work
>because it sticks messages in one big file that they can read. But digest
>mode actually creates additional work because the messages are not bunched
>by topic properly, and it is harder to scan them quickly all together.
>
        A useful substitute for the digest (as well as the list for that
        matter, if e-mail overload is a problem...) is the list archive by
        week at:

        http://gerry.vanagon.com/archives/vanagon.html

        which you can peruse at your leisure and sort by date, author, and
        topic...