[Virtualacorn-list] down with Digests!

[Peter Young]

On 18 Dec 2014  "David J. Ruck" <druck at druck.org.uk> wrote:

> On 18/12/2014 14:59, Jim Nagel wrote:
>> Is "Virtualacorn-list Digest, Vol 64, Issue 2" REALLY the subject of
>> the previous thread?
>>
>> Subject line should be something useful when it comes to searching for
>> a past discussion of a problem.
>>
>> Suggestion to list administrator:  get rid of the Digest option
>> altogether.  It's not as if the list receives so much traffic as to
>> warrant a digest version.  Then there would be no chance of anyone
>> mistakenly using a "Digest" subject line when  replying to a message.

> Agreed.

> Digests had their place decades ago on brain dead command line email
> clients and very high volume mailing lists. With modern threaded email
> clients there is absolutely no excuse for using them.

Agreed by me, too. There is a very limited place for digests in such 
lists as Freecycle, but in this sort of forum they are horrible.

Best wishes,

Peter.

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