Re: [NTLK] OT list

From: Michael Detlefsen (mdetlefsen_at_mac.com)
Date: Sat May 10 2003 - 18:10:31 PDT


On Saturday, May 10, 2003, at 06:11 PM, newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net
wrote:

>
> Date: Sat, 10 May 2003 11:48:13 -0700
> Subject: Re: [NTLK] Creation of an off topic list?
> From: Mick Ring <lists_at_rynosoft.com>
>
>
> Which begs the question: Why would anyone want to be on digest mode?
> Why not
> use your mail reader's features to filter to a specific folder?
>
>
>
> -Mick
> --

Well, some people don't like the computer beeping at them every ten
minutes to announce new messages from a mailing list. Also, it may be a
bit faster to scroll down through messages in a digest than have to
open and close individual messages.

MD

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