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From: Garrett Wollman <wollman@halloran-eldar.lcs.mit.edu>
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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

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