On Wed, 2012-03-21 at 11:48 +0000, Phil Dobbin wrote: > Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx> > Date: > 21/03/2012 00:24 > To: > Community support for Fedora users <users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > On 21Mar2012 00:49, suvayu ali <fatkasuvayu+linux@xxxxxxxxx> > > wrote: > | Well from my experience when I subscribed to this list as new user, I > | started with the digest (with gmail) intending to only passively read > | rather than respond. But when I felt I had responses to contribute, I > | switched from a digest to regular emails. > > > I find digests difficult to read. (RISKS aside, I guess). With > > regular email the threads are nicely grouped on my screen, the > > whole thread history is there for perusal or discarding, etc. With > > a digest I get ungrouped snapshots of everything. Like a newspaper, > > in fact:-( > > As someone who at present reads this list on digest (as you can > probably tell by my cut & paste job in attempt to make it more > legible), I use use digest-mode for several lists to control the > number of messages each day (I'm subscribed to about thirty mailing > lists out of necessity). Actually I can tell because it's not collated with the rest of this thread, which was the main point I was trying to make. > Digest mode is perfectly acceptable for use when searching for > relevant topics but a bore when replying. Mailing list software varies > in its capabilities on the response side of things so I always use cut > & paste. Believe me, the version of the response I see on the digest > is far worse than someone who is subscribed for regular delivery ;-) Sounds like an argument for not using digests. Any decent mail client can search over multiple messages, so what's the point? poc -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org
