Re: Changing to digest form
On Tue, 2012-08-21 at 13:51 -0600, Bob Proulx wrote:
> Camaleón wrote:
> > Gary Roach wrote:
> > > I'm presently using the standard form of this mailing list and wish to
> > > change to the digest form.
> >
> > If you want to post replies, I wouldn't do it :-/
>
> Agreed strongly! Please do not post replies from a digest.
>
> > > Can I just re-subscribe to the digest form or do I have to unsubscribe
> > > from the standard for as well.
> >
> > You will have to "unsusbscribe" for one (normal) and then "subscribe" for
> > the other (digest) but again, reconsider it... if you don't want to store
> > messages in your hard disk you can use a newsreader and NNTP, no
> > subscription nor local space needed.
>
> People using digests usually don't know how to reply using them and
> cause a lot of problems. Please don't be the source of problems.
> Using a digested mailing list is hard! You need special tools in
> order to burst the digest to read and reply to it.
>
> As Camaleón writes people that think they might want the digest form
> would be much better served by using the newsgroups. Or Gmane. Or
> other web archive reader. I use the mailing list interface. But to
> avoid the problems of a digest I will suggest Gmane as one of the less
> objectionable alternatives. Try this.
>
> Overview:
> http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.linux.debian.user
>
> Web page reader using frames and threads:
> http://news.gmane.org/gmane.linux.debian.user
>
> Bob
While my MUA is able to handle replies to digest correctly, digest
anyway caused that much trouble, that I canceled it and subscribed to
the "normal" mailing list again.
YMMV,
Ralf
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