MCM: What's the difference between...

[Erik Olson <eriko@luna.wrq.com>]

On Tue, 14 Apr 1998, Neil Frank wrote:

> Erik,
> 
> For me and the other internet illiterates, can you explain the difference
> between a digest form and the other form. Which one will give me fewer mail
> messages in my overflowing in box.
> Thanks. Neil

OK OK. :)

aga-mcm is the "BOUNCE" list.  This means that as soon as someone posts a
message to aga-mcm@luna.wrq.com it will be sent to you (within a matter of
seconds).  The bounce list is great if you don't mind the volume of
messages and want to reply fast to people.

aga-mcm-digest is the "DIGEST" list.  This means that you will get a
single big message mailed to you between 12 midnight and 3 AM that
contains all the text of the messages posted during the previous days.
The digest is great if you read mail once a day and don't like having lots
of stuff in your mailbox.

One thing I didn't mention in the last message (because I didn't know it
was possible) is that you can now get archives of digests or messages you
missed!  If you send mail to majordomo@luna.wrq.com with the body: "index
aga-mcm", you'll get a list of all available archives, which you can then
retreive by sending (again to majordomo) "get aga-mcm aga-mcm.9804" (for
the april archive, for instance).  Not the most intuitive way, but hey, it
was built in to the package!  I'm going to try and come up with a way to
put them on the web (phase 3). 

  - Erik


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Erik Olson                              
eriko at wrq.com