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Date:      Wed, 26 Apr 1995 11:59:49 -0400
From:      Garrett Wollman <wollman@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu>
To:        Brian Tao <taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw>
Cc:        questions@FreeBSD.org
Subject:   Re: List management: DIGEST TIME?
Message-ID:  <9504261559.AA13655@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSI.3.91.950426222045.1196J-100000@aries.ibms.sinica.edu.tw>
References:  <1C2FB491C96@gab.unt.edu> <Pine.BSI.3.91.950426222045.1196J-100000@aries.ibms.sinica.edu.tw>

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<<On Wed, 26 Apr 1995 22:22:00 +0800 (CST), Brian Tao <taob@gate.sinica.edu.tw> said:

>     Dumb question... how do you reply to an individual message inside
> a digest?

You use an MUA that's capable of bursting digests.

>  What's the advantage?

Less frequent, easier-to-defer mail.  Less load on freefall.

-GAWollman

--
Garrett A. Wollman   | Shashish is simple, it's discreet, it's brief. ... 
wollman@lcs.mit.edu  | Shashish is the bonding of hearts in spite of distance.
Opinions not those of| It is a bond more powerful than absence.  We like people
MIT, LCS, ANA, or NSA| who like Shashish.  - Claude McKenzie + Florent Vollant



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