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Subject:Distribution of the list From:Eric Scouten <scouten -at- STAFF -dot- TC -dot- UMN -dot- EDU> Date:Tue, 9 Mar 1993 12:28:30 -0600
>I'd like to suggest very strongly that this list be distributed
>in digest form where articles are assembled throughout the day
>into a single file/message that gets sent once a day to anyone
>on the list. Constant messages are annoying and difficult to
>track or archive if someone is planning to store collected
>wisdom over the long term.
That's fine, but let's keep the immediacy of the current format available
too.
I'm on several e-mail lists, and I find the interaction of these lists to
be very enjoyable. Constant messages are fine -- I just ignore my
computer's beepings when I don't have time to respond to them.
-Eric
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