At 12:48 PM 1/25/99, Derek Drew wrote: >Here are my Principals of Vanagon List Happiness: > >1. DO NOT USE DIGEST MODE. People think that digest mode saves them work >because it sticks messages in one big file that they can read. But digest >mode actually creates additional work because the messages are not bunched >by topic properly, and it is harder to scan them quickly all together. > A useful substitute for the digest (as well as the list for that matter, if e-mail overload is a problem...) is the list archive by week at: http://gerry.vanagon.com/archives/vanagon.html which you can peruse at your leisure and sort by date, author, and topic... |
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