Re: [Evolution] evolution-list Digest, Vol 140, Issue 6

[Brewster Gillett <bg fdi us>]

On Mon, 2017-03-13 at 10:04 +0000, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> On Mon, 2017-03-13 at 10:15 +0100, Milan Crha wrote:
> > On Sat, 2017-03-11 at 11:26 +0000, Patrick O'Callaghan wrote:
> > > Since you say you are new to mailing lists
> > 
> > 	Hi,
> > I thought the default for the list is to not use the digest, thus the
> > new subscribers receive messages separately, unless they change it for
> > whatever reason. I think I heard so several months ago, but I can be
> > wrong.
>
> It is the default (if it wasn't we'd be having a lot more of these).
> The OP must have changed it.
>
> poc

bg:

"Digest" should have been strangled in its crib. Its only discernible trait is its ability to 
encourage clueless list behaviours, thereby annoying the clueful :-)

But seriously, folks; on quite a few listservs over quite a few years, I have implored 
"Digest" users to explain to me what advantages they feel it confers on them, and so far
n0t a single one of them has ever come up with anything even remotely plausible, beyond
the questionable ability to live in denial about how many email messages they're getting....

Brewster

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 W. Brewster Gillett            bg fdi us            Portland, OR  USA
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