Eric Thomas <[log in to unmask]> writes:
>
> 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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