Thu, 7 Jan 1993 08:28:35 -0600
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Eric Thomas <[log in to unmask]> writes:
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> What is the point of a digest if it cannot exceed 1000 lines? The whole
> concept of digest is that you get all the traffic in a certain period of
> time as a single message which you can read when you have time. Does it
> really make a difference whether you are sent one message of 3000 or
> three messages of 1000 (at the exact same time)? The amount of data you
> are getting is the same.
>
Most editors of Manually created Digests, have found that their life is much
simplier if they limit the size of each Digest. At least in part, this is
because some gateways and some end systems have limits on the size of mail
messages. Thus, at least historically, size limitation has had its
advantages.
-phil
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J. Philip Miller, Professor, Division of Biostatistics, Box 8067
Washington University Medical School, St. Louis MO 63110
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