Hi Mike, Sorry the digests aren't so good. I don't think there's anything we can do about them in the short term, but it would be great for you to stay subscribed. Since it sounds like you're using GMail can I offer a tip?
Click "show details" in the title bar of this message then "filter messages from this mailing list". Click through the first dialog then in the second opt to archive the messages (skip inbox) and apply a label, maybe "wave-dev". Then messages to this list will bypass your inbox and instead appear under a label (like a folder). You can check once a day at your leisure and easily ignore threads you don't find relevant. HTH Alex On 11 December 2010 08:28, Mike Mabey <[email protected]> wrote: > Patrick, > > My main reason for subscribing to the digest is that many topics which are > discussed on the list do not fully pertain to me. Some subjects interest > me > and are worth my time following closely. For others, it's nice to know > what's going on at a high level without having to deal with the entire > messages. Those discussions which were of particular interest to me I > could > "star" and get detailed updates. When I was done reading through a digest, > I could delete it and not have 53 emails per day taking up space in my > inbox > that I'm absolutely *never* going to read again. Not that my Gmail account > is running low on space, it's just wasteful, unnecessary, and not > well-organized to keep stuff like that longer than needed. > > I am very familiar with threaded conversations. However, if you had ever > seen a digest email from a Google Group, you would know that they take > "navigating through the discussions nice and easy" to a whole new level, > and > *that* is what I'm going to miss from the old list enough that I started > this discussion. > > Mike > > > From: Patrick Nagel <[email protected]> > To: [email protected] > Date: Thu, 09 Dec 2010 13:50:46 +0800 > Subject: Re: A Comment on Cosmetics > Hi, > > On 2010-12-08 23:13, Mike Mabey wrote: > > I don't know how many other people subscribe to the list as a digest, but > I > > must say that I'm really going to miss the format of the Google Group > digest > > email, which was very easy to read and easy to pick out discussions of > > interest to me. In stark contrast, the Apache Incubator digest is just a > > long, text-only, really long concatenation of emails, that is somewhat > > painful to read through. > > > > Does anyone else feel the same way? Is there anything that can be done > > about it? > > > > So long, beautiful, colorful digest. You will be missed! > > just out of curiosity, what are your reasons for reading the list as a > digest? > > I'm having sieve rules in place, that sort incoming mailing list mails > directly into IMAP folders on the mail server (so they never even end up > in my inbox). When I have time, I can change to that folder and read > what's new. Also, the threaded view, that nowadays every mail client > offers, makes reading and navigating through the discussions nice and easy. > > Patrick. >
