[OS X TeX] OT: digests

Gary L. Gray gray at engr.psu.edu
Sun Jul 3 10:38:14 EDT 2005


On Jul 3, 2005, at 5:28 AM, Gerben Wierda wrote:

> On Jul 3, 2005, at 08:58, Thomas A. Schmitz wrote:
>
>
>> I'm on the digests, so I'll be sluggish to respond to replies.
>>
>
> I am all in favour of forbidding digests. Most digest users forget  
> to change the subject line and the in-reply-to headers are also  
> incorrect. This plays havoc with mail programs and with other  
> subscribers (majority) who do not use digests.
>
> With the sorting capabilities of mail programs these days, digests  
> have lost their function if you ask me.

I agree. On the other hand, I suspect that if I were to eliminate the  
digests I would have a revolt on my hands.

What do digest users think -- can I eliminate the digests for this  
list and move you all over to the "regular" list format? Is there a  
compelling reason to keep the digests?

-- Gary
--------------------- Info ---------------------
Mac-TeX Website: http://www.esm.psu.edu/mac-tex/
           & FAQ: http://latex.yauh.de/faq/
TeX FAQ: http://www.tex.ac.uk/faq
List Post: <mailto:MacOSX-TeX at email.esm.psu.edu>





More information about the MacOSX-TeX mailing list