On Wed, 22 Sep 1993 12:31:17 GMT Natalie Maynor <[log in to unmask]>
said:
 
>This assumes that the  list is given space to keep  logs (and thus offer
>digests) on the system it's running on.
 
This is  incorrect. You don't  need to keep  logs to enable  digests. The
digest data only  represent a day's (or week's) traffic  and is thus very
small when compared to the typical archives, which keep growing until old
files are  removed. LISTSERV  will save  the digest  data in  a temporary
file, which is reset every day (or week, etc).
 
You do need archives to enable the index code, though. This is because an
index only lists the date, size, poster and subject, and does not contain
the actual text. The  user orders the items he is  interested in from the
list archives.
 
  Eric