On Tue, 6 Sep 2016, Matt Morgan wrote:
Now that I understand them, I think I'll start using MIME digests them for myself when I can. And I like offering the option. The question is more, what would I use as the default? And I think honestly that putting everyone on MIME digests would substantially decrease readership on this list.
On the list I manage I do not use digests as default, although I recommend them. Digests have one advantage which is also a disadvantage under certain situations.
- Digests are sent with all mails packed together either at a predefined time (usually once per day at midday) OR when they exceeed a given size - ... so you will NOT receive messages in real time - this can be an advantage on lists with a large traffic and/or a large amount of "noise" (uninteresting messages). I do advise using digests for the internal discussion list of our nationwide organization (several hundred members). Reading messages once per day cools down the discussion. It also diminishes the disturbance of receiving a lot of mail asking for attention (I do use digests for "professional wide-spectrum" lists, like this one where I can discard a fraction of messages as not interesting or not concerning me, usually just by scanning through the subjects) - this is a disadvantage for professional narrow-spectrum lists where quick reply is required. In this case I do avoid digests so that I can receive messages in real time (mailman is still good in providing a common reference archive for all members). Usually these lists have few members, and act orderly (no noise, no flames). ------------------------------------------------------ Mailman-Users mailing list Mailman-Users@python.org https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/mailman-users Mailman FAQ: http://wiki.list.org/x/AgA3 Security Policy: http://wiki.list.org/x/QIA9 Searchable Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/mailman-users%40python.org/ Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/mailman-users/archive%40jab.org
