On Wed, 28 Nov 2001 14:14:43 -0500
tneff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Don't blame the weaknesses of your selection of tools on the
>
>> material.
> I speak as a list manager, not as an individual member. As a
> member I am fully prepared to get & use any
> Don't blame the weaknesses of your selection of tools on the
> material.
>
> --
> J C Lawrence
I speak as a list manager, not as an individual member. As a member I am
fully prepared to get & use any tool I need to deal with stuff, but as a
list manager I
> "tneff" == <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
tneff> MIME "Digests" (ultimate misnomer) still suck, even if
tneff> somebody misidentified them with the words Outlook Express.
tneff> They exist because the architecture allowed it, not to
tneff> solve a practical problem. Regardl
On Wed, 28 Nov 2001 13:43:13 -0500
tneff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> The problem is that they don't really Digest or pack anything, or
> save any space, or do anything except collate a bunch of stuff
> into a multipart sandwich.
Precisely. That's exactly what they're intended to do, and is
The problem is that they don't really Digest or pack anything, or save any
space, or do anything except collate a bunch of stuff into a multipart
sandwich. There's precious little of use to be done with them that you
couldn't do just as easily by getting individual messages and putting them
i
On Wed, 28 Nov 2001 12:04:38 -0500
tneff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> MIME "Digests" (ultimate misnomer) still suck...
Actually I find them the most pleasant and useful form of digests
and rather wish that 1153 digests were rapidly consigned to the
grave of history.
> They exist because the a
MIME "Digests" (ultimate misnomer) still suck, even if somebody
misidentified them with the words Outlook Express. They exist because the
architecture allowed it, not to solve a practical problem. Regardless of
terminology, we should make sure that Mailman users know how to avoid them.
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