Thanks, everyone who sent instructions! I hope they work fast...
Joy Original Message: ----------------- From: BenT Syncro syncro@GMAIL.COM Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2006 00:15:45 -0800 To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM Subject: Re: help! (list related, not van related)
On 2/23/06, jhecht@alum.mit.edu <jhecht@alum.mit.edu> wrote: > > Could someone please send me offline the instructions for how to switch to > digest? > > My laptop is down, I'm in Malawi with the world's worst internet > connection > on a borrowed desktop, without most of the info on my hard disk (including > how to switch to digest), and can't deal with the list volume at the > moment, nor could I possibly get to the web to figure out how to switch to > digest 'cause I'm lucky if my internet connection stays up for long enough > to even send a single email.
Joy, See below. BenT
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