"Roger B.A. Klorese" <rog...@queernet.org> writes: > On Jun 22, 2011, at 7:01 AM, lee wrote: > >> Hm, I wonder why anyone is going to the lengths of replying to digest >> messages rather than just subscribing to the list ... > > > So they don't need to get hundreds of separate messages?!
They get all the messages anyway, just not as seperate ones that could be replied to. > Most people don't treat a digest as separate from a list, just an alternate > subscription format. No doubt it´s an alternate subscription format --- a subscription format not designed for replying to the messages in the digest. > It's incumbent on those who own the technology to evolve digests so it's > easier to reply to individual posts, not on readers to jump through hoops to > reply. You could as well claim that it is incumbent on those who run a mailing list to give everyone who wants to participate in a mailing list access to a suitable computer so that it´s easier for them to participate. Since I think that when someone chooses to receive a mailing list as a digest they have also made a decision for a format that isn´t designed for replying to the messages posted to the list, I don´t see any obligation for anyone to modify the format of the digest. At the same time, I always appreciate it when more options become available. Perhaps the digest can be turned into an mbox file without too much effort, like just stripping the headers of the container-message, and thus be treated as if the subscriber received the mailing list not as a digest but as single messages? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/87pqm5lr58....@yun.yagibdah.de
