On Mon, 2008-06-16 at 01:04 +1200, Chris Bannister wrote: > On Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 05:59:01PM +0200, David wrote: > > On Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 2:03 PM, Chris Bannister > > <mockingbird@earthlight.co.nz> wrote: > > > On Sat, Jun 14, 2008 at 10:51:06AM +0200, David wrote: > > >> Hi again list. > > >> > > >> I'm going to reply to several mails at once. Please excuse the length, > > > > > > Please don't do that. *You* can receive your mails in digest mode by > > > specifying it with some command to the list server, but PLEASE don't > > > enforce it on others. > > > > > > There is already an extreme waste of bandwidth by people not trimming > > > their posts. > > > > > > > Hi, I don't understand your complaint (maybe because I haven't used > > digest mode before, and don't know how it works exactly). > > Digest mode is where a whole lot of messages are rolled into one and > sent periodically, maybe once a month but not sure. debian-user-digest is sent out daily, IIRC. Also, you forgot to mention that digests should be unrolled into individual messages before replying to them. -- Paul Johnson baloo@ursine.ca
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