We have an exec called "DIGEST" which takes a Rice MAIL notebook and
generates an RFC 1153 style of DIGEST (except that I comment out the
standard centered list of subjects and use a numbered list - that is
easily modified).
 
   You can get the   DIGEST EXEC  from  LISTSERV@NDSUVM1  (filelist LOCSOFT).
Also available via anonymous FTP to vm1.nodak.edu, CD LOCSOFT .
 
   For another approach, some of our very active lists (in the KIDLink project)
wanted a daily or weekly index of items instead of the items themselves.  We
did this with some software which generates database queries and then formats
the results and sends them to a list (ie. the KIDCAFE list is indexed
daily and sent to KINDEX, some others are indexed weekly and sent to
KINDEXW).  We also have a local command called  /SHIP  which allows a user
to request an item by number without fussing with the database commands.
These require some additional local work (ie. a structure to trigger the
index build and invoke the exec against the result).  If there is some
interest I might be persuaded to put these in our locsoft filelist too.
 
       Marty