On Sun, Apr 08, 2001 at 01:58:09PM -0400, Bernie Cosell wrote:
> On 8 Apr 2001, at 12:04, Tom Neff wrote:
>
> > I've said this here before, but since the question's on the floor: "MIME
> > Digests" stink. RFC1153 is the way to go. Plain text, space saving, a
> > single daily read. ...
>
> Well, I"ve said this here before and... Why are there still digests?
> Digests are nothing but trouble and inconvenience. They were born in a
> world of very primitive mail clients as, basically, a workaround, and
> should have died decades ago...
In principle, I personally agree with all of your objections. And yet
digests continue to be hugely popular. Can't tell them users nothing!
(There is at least one benefit to digests from the list provider's
standpoint: they allow you to serve more users with less bandwidth.)
