On 09/01/2014, users-digest-h...@openoffice.apache.org
<users-digest-h...@openoffice.apache.org> wrote:
>>
>> with all respect, this is BAD advice. It's an easy way to accomplish
>> nothing AND get ignored or start more flamewars.
>>
You're entitled to your opinion, I am only sharing my _personal_
satisfaction to be able to receive multiple messages in a single
digest message. You should respect your fellow readers, explain the
advantages of your personal preferences and let others make their own
decisions.
>> First, digest mode avoids NO pollution at all. If there are 100
>> useless or "nonsense" messages you still get ALL of them, just in one
>> batch, and mixed with all the others so they are HARDER to filter out.
>>
It was never stated that digest mode does not prevent receipt of
undesired message, only that messages are collated.
>> Second, novices often answer to digests, when they don't start whole
>> new threads, by simply hitting "Reply" to the digest themselves. So:
>>
>> - almost nobody bothers to open those answers because they have a
>> meaningless subject ("Re: digest of users@openoffice...")
>>
Speak for yourself...
>> - every subscriber gets all the messages of the previous day AGAIN
>> (which makes people with non-flat rate mobile connections
>> veeeeeeeeery happy)
>>
This is not true, depends on type of mailing list management software
and assumes the replier does not edit messages before dispatch.
>> - even people with flat rate connection start the usual flame war
>> between top and bottom posters because they get 5 lines of new text
>> before or after 1000 lines of digest
>>
posting style complaint occurs without digest mode
>>
>> PS: not for "novices to mailing list", but people who wants to "avoid
>> the nonsense polluting the inbox" can completely filter out
>> uninteresting threads with this procmail trick:
>>
>>
>> http://freesoftware.zona-m.net/how-ignore-uninteresting-threads-in-mailing-lists/
>>
Interesting to know, but personally I like to receive a little
rubbish, only because (very) occasionally there is something useful.
Would I have learned about procmail filtering without your
un-solicited knowledge? ;) Similarly, very occasionally I review a
spam mail directory and see something useful. If everything was
perfectly efficiency, a lot of serendipitous information would be
lost! :)
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