I count 23 messages in less than 3 days personally - but that's not the point really. I do agree, it's not exactly countless, but when (like me) one has business emails, and personal emails, and mailing list emails, as well as spam all coming to the same inbox (even if via importing from other accounts), wading through what is and isn't "required viewing now" can get problematical. Using filters, labels, and automatic archiving of messages is the way I get around this to enable me to quickly see what needs to be viewed now, and what can wait for later.
Digest not possible, no problems here - would be nice, but not having it isn't going to change the way I view messages. If you don't ask a question, you don't get an answer *grin* On 3 November 2013 17:45, Mike Fry <[email protected]> wrote: > On 2013/11/03 00:36, Holly Knott wrote: > > > Hi! I’m new to this list and just got my first few messages from others > on it … > > and I searched the archives and it seems the most recent query about a > digest > > mode dates back a few yrs. Is there a way I can stay a part of this but > receive > > msgs in a daily digest format? I can’t handle countless individual > messages > > flying into my inbox, but I can certainly skim a few digests a few times > a week. > > Thanks! If not, I will sadly have to unsub. > > I can not understand this fascination with Digests! > > Receiving a Digest :- > > a) does NOT reduce the volume of 'readable' characters received > b) does NOT reduce the number of real messages received > c) DOES lead to lazy trimming of messages > d) DOES lead to poor threading of messages > e) Using a Digest does mean that you have to read more of the Digest in > order to > decide whether or not you want to submit a response or reply on a > particular > thread, or indeed, that you aren't interested in a thread. > > Whereas, receiving individual messages :- > > a) makes it easier to organise your inbox > b) makes it easier to archive messages that you might want to retain > c) makes it easier to ignore threads that don't interest you > > Since the start of November, and up until the time of this reply, there > had been > 12 messages on the list and five of those (six including this one) were > occasioned by this Digest need. Hardly 'countless' messages! > > -- > Regards, > Mike Fry > Johannesburg (g) > > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: > http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp > Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp > Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and > on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). > To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp > > > Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages after Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Archived messages from old mail server - before Nov. 21 2009: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp Follow Legacy on Facebook (http://www.facebook.com/LegacyFamilyTree) and on our blog (http://news.LegacyFamilyTree.com). To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
