Re: [Evolution] evolution-list Digest, Vol 129, Issue 10

[Brewster Gillett <bg fdi us>]

On Fri, 2016-04-15 at 13:27 +0100, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
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> However as I've said before, the justification for using Digest mode on
> lists has virtually disappeared. If at all possible people should avoid
> it. It belongs to the days of slow dial-up modems. I'm not saying we
> should eliminate it as there may be people who really do need it, but
> they are at most a very small minority.
>
> poc

bg:

Thank you for that concise and penetrating observation, Patrick. I've saved it to my file
of sig-quotes :-)

For those who might not be fully aware, Digest encourages three of the most obnoxious
amongst clueless e-list behaviours;  top-posting,  failure to edit backquote, and failure
to edit subject line to match the backquote's subject. Digest mode should have been strangled
in its crib. I have asked many Digest users to supply a justification for their use, and when
presented with the obvious counterarguments which *any* of those justifications are heir to, they 
have no response beyond gaping like a gaffed grouper :-)


Brewster

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