Mailing list : digest?

Mailing list : digest?

[Richard Riley]

Considering Gnus is so good at showing digests as groups, is it
possible to have its very own mailing list posted out as a digest for
certain subscribers?

Thanks,

r.


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Re: Mailing list : digest?

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen]

Richard Riley <rileyrg@googlemail.com> writes:

> Considering Gnus is so good at showing digests as groups, is it
> possible to have its very own mailing list posted out as a digest for
> certain subscribers?

I think Jason would have to answer that, but I'd think that it's not
something that would be used by very many people.

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Re: Mailing list : digest?

[Richard Riley]

Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:

> Richard Riley <rileyrg@googlemail.com> writes:
>
>> Considering Gnus is so good at showing digests as groups, is it
>> possible to have its very own mailing list posted out as a digest for
>> certain subscribers?
>
> I think Jason would have to answer that, but I'd think that it's not
> something that would be used by very many people.

This is quite active. If a digest were possible I suspect more people
would subscribe. The noisiness is probably off putting for
many. Emacs-devel does a digest and its very informative. I suspect the
gnus digest would be equally as informative and prompt more people to
take part or keep up to date. Anyway, just a suggestion. Most mailing
lists do digests from what I can see.

Re: Mailing list : digest?

[Jason L Tibbitts III]

>>>>> "LMI" == Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org> writes:

LMI> I think Jason would have to answer that, but I'd think that it's
LMI> not something that would be used by very many people.

I mean, I could set it up, but digests are such a terrible concept and
the whole point of using Gnus in the first place is to be able to deal
with volumes of mail without resulting to unpleasant hacks.  I guess I
just don't see the point.

 - J<

Re: Mailing list : digest?

[Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen]

"Jason L Tibbitts III" <tibbs@math.uh.edu> writes:

> I mean, I could set it up, but digests are such a terrible concept and
> the whole point of using Gnus in the first place is to be able to deal
> with volumes of mail without resulting to unpleasant hacks.  I guess I
> just don't see the point.

Me neither.  I mean, if the volume is too big for your mail reader,
then, er, you're not using Gnus.  :-)

One could also just read the list via Gmane if there's too many
emails...

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