KSPROUL@Rutgers@sri-unix (08/06/82)
I would !! NOT !! want INFO-MICRO done in a 'digest' format because since it is so large, I can just not read the messages that I am not interested in because of what the header says! By the way, our system is done such that we get one copy of each of the mailing lists (info-micro, info-cpm, info-apple, info-atari) onto a different directory and then everybody that is interested in reading them uses the BBOARD program to read what ever mailing lists they want to. The BBOARD program displays the header, who it is from, and allows you to either read it or skip onto the ext msg. Keith Sproul Ksproul@Rutgers -------
CARTER.RU-GREEN@BRL@sri-unix (08/07/82)
From: Robert A Carter <CARTER@Rutgers> Date: Friday, 6 August 1982 12:40-EDT From: KSPROUL at Rutgers To: info-micro at BRL Re: Digest format I would !! NOT !! want INFO-MICRO done in a 'digest' format because since it is so large, I can just not read the messages that I am not interested in because of what the header says! Run Babyl and use M-X Undigestify Babyl Message, which separates a digest into individual messages. Then you can read/delete them after inspecting the Subject: field. _R. Carter
bstempleton (08/10/82)
On digesting INFO-MICRO. Remember that many people do |not have copies of nice undigesting software. In addition, remember that a large number of readers are on the usenet, so something completely different has to be arranged if you digest. The usenet, being a distributed network, just doesn't work well with digesting. It increases overhead and doubles the time for messages to get through.
wmartin (08/12/82)
There is a rather simple solution to this USENET vs. ARPANET single-message vs. digest debate. Try the route followed by the ARPANET SPACE digest, which is fed by the USENET net.space and net.columbia newsgroups. The USENET newsgroups have their normal single separate messages, read through Readnews or other mechanisms on UNIX hosts. These are gatewayed through some mechanism (I am not familiar with the details of this particular process) to become submissions to the SPACE Digest on the ARPANET. This digest is constructed automatically, with no necessity for constant moderator intervention. The software collects all submitted messages, copies their subject lines to become part of the digest header, numbers and dates the header, and mails out the digest each night. (If no messages are submitted, no digest is sent out.) If some ARPANET people want separate messages instead of the single digest, the same mechanism used for the WORKS mailing list can be utilized -- there are two distinct mailing lists of addressees. One list gets the digest. The other list gets immediate redistribution of individual messages. There is minimal extra workload on a list maintainer with this scheme -- he just has two files instead of one. With this setup, then, USENET people can see the individual messages like they always have, and ARPANET people can either get a daily digest or individual messages as they request. There is minimal workload on the list maintainer, as the software does the digestification. All things to all men... Will Martin USArmy DARCOM ALMSA