> In article <d26c297a52.jim@nails.abbeypress.net>, Jim Nagel
> <netsurf@abbeypress.co.uk> wrote:
> > evanallen@talktalk.net wrote on 29 Mar:
>
> > >> How can one loooong email with all the replies in all the threads
> > >> which people haven't snipped repeated again and again possibly be
> > >> less annoying than 40 emails? Just curious.
>
> > > It is a matter of personal preference. For me I prefer the one long
> > > digest rather than many emails. Obviously others prefer all the
> > > single emails.
>
> > Doesn't your email system have filters, Evan (and Allan and "m0n0")?
> > A filter sends all those 40 Netsurf emails into a Netsurf folder.
> > Then you just skim the subject lines and open only the ones that
> > interest you.
>
> > And with threading as well as a filter, you don't even see many
> > subject lines.
>
> As I said, its a matter of personal preference. Not everyone wants to
> do as you do.
>
> Why so evangelical?
Because digests are pretty much a read-only way of seeing postings,
yet people sometimes reply to one item. When they do so, it makes
a complete mess of the thread.
I have to admit that I can't see the upside of digests, and I can
see a big downside.
Dave
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