Shawn Lin wrote:
>Digest Mode is annoying.
>At LEAST with commercial SPAM, I know what is in the body of the message
>by reading the subject.
>With a digest mode reply, I see "md-l-mimedigest V2 #766" as the
>subject.
Digest subscribers who wish to post to the list should fix the subject so
that it refers to the post they are replying to. It is simple list
etiquette, and you are right to complain about it. Other lists that I
subscribe to block any messages that have the equivalent of
"md-l-mimedigest V2 #766" as the title.
I routinely delete messages that have "md-l-mimedigest V2 #766" as the
title, just as I always delete messages that start with "NB: Over 50% of
this message is QUOTED".
But there are good reasons for some people to prefer digest mode, and
Michael Stouffs has listed some of them. I'm an immediate-mode subscriber
to this list, but there are other lists where I choose digest mode. Digest
mode serves a useful purpose.
I think the best suggestion was to create a second list for advertising,
and that those who wish to receive advertising subscribe to both lists. It
is so easy to subscribe to another list and filter it wherever you want to
that the only possible reason to object to this is if you are an advertiser
who wants to reach people on *this* list. So why not have two lists, and
let the advertisers promote the *other* list in their signatures (when they
post non-commercial messages to this list). That way, new subscribers to
this list will be made aware of the advertising list, and this list can
focus on discussing MiniDisc.
I'm giving it till the end of the week for the list to get back on topic.
If not, I'll unsubscr!be.
Gerry
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