On 21Mar2012 11:48, Phil Dobbin <bukowskiscat@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
| Cameron Simpson <cs@xxxxxxxxxx>
| > 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).
Only 30? I have 1345 lines in my main mail filing ruleset (these are one
line rules, too, on the whole, though some lists have more than one
matching rule).
I just file the lists into separate folders. With multiple lists per
folder. For example this one ("unix") has 185 rules delivering to it.
I think my point here is that with a decent threading mail reader it
is far far easier to watch thread topics and see the whole discussion
than it is to get daily snapshots in a digest; with a digest you have to
scan the whole thing anyway, and there's no thread history. You need to
play cut/paste games because your mail reader doesn't get to treat each
message on its own - you need to do that tedious and entirely mechanical
stuff yourself.
| 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.
It is worth looking around for a decent mail program.
I accept that digest mode is working for you, but a decent mail reader
and a few filing rules will more than make up for the deluge you seem
to expect from individual email.
| Believe me, the version of the response I see on the digest
| is far worse than someone who is subscribed for regular delivery ;-)
I don't know what you're saying here.
Cheers,
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