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Date:         Mon, 25 Jan 1999 12:06:29 -0800
Reply-To:     Ari Ollikainen <Ari@OLTECO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         Ari Ollikainen <Ari@OLTECO.COM>
Subject:      Re: How To Enjoy The Vanagon List
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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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