archives (was: Re: [sdiy] Digests (was: Reply to sender not list)

[JH.]

I haven't fully followed the discussion, but I think there is a way to read 
a digest, sort of:
You can read the archives (they seem to be updated as quickly as you'd 
expect a digest to come, and allow the display of the last day, last two 
days, last week, you name it. Customised digest, I'd call it.)
If we can subscribe in "digest mode", only without getting a digest, we 
should be able to reply to the list, from what we've copied and pasted from 
the archives. Not really more compicated than a real digest.

JH.


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Scott Gravenhorst" <music.maker at gte.net>
To: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2007 7:05 AM
Subject: Re: [sdiy] Digests (was: Reply to sender not list)


psychick at ptd.net wrote:
>From: Rick Jansen <rick.jansen at xs4all.nl>
>
>> This is something we discussed years ago: if a digest is available
>> people will reply to a digest and the context of the message is lost.
>> (Or does MailMan have a clever solution to this?) So I disbled the
>> digest indeed.
>>
>> Note: if you do select the digest-option you will *NOT* receive mail.
>
>having only joined this list recently, i guess i don't understand
>the history but, this seems like a pretty weak reason for not
>having digests. i'm usually not a very vocal member of the lists
>i'm on but, getting 50 individual messages a day about why
>someone can't stop to pay attention to who or what they're
>replying to has been a bit frustrating. is stopping to modify the
>subject line of your message too much?
>
>apologies if i'm offending anyone here... but, i always
>appreciate just being able to read through a daily (or more than
>daily) digest. and this is an option, not mandatory behaviour
>like where the replies go by default...
>
>thanks for understanding.

For what it might be worth, I think I can copy and paste a subject from a 
digest.
Yeah, I will occasionally be a doofus and forget to do that, but ok, crucify 
me,
nobody is perfect.  I'm in a position where I really can't tolerate the 
traffic
anymore - I have two choices, hit delete 50 times a day or just unsub.

Why?  because we can't have a digest?  ????  REALLY?  C'mon people.  Please 
please
please let's have a digest available for those of us that are interested and 
want
mostly to read and respond to a few. P-L-E-A-S-E ????

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