Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site ulysses.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!smb From: smb@ulysses.UUCP (Steven Bellovin) Newsgroups: net.news,net.notes Subject: Re: Why digests are bad Message-ID: <1076@ulysses.UUCP> Date: Fri, 30-Aug-85 14:06:51 EDT Article-I.D.: ulysses.1076 Posted: Fri Aug 30 14:06:51 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 31-Aug-85 08:40:11 EDT References: <10220@ucbvax.ARPA> Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Murray Hill Lines: 4 Xref: watmath net.news:3863 net.notes:250 I vote with Lauren -- I like digests. This is especially the case when the moderator takes the trouble to group related messages together, possibly even composing single-topic issues of the digest. As for load -- well, there's a lot of per-article overhead; using digests cuts this down.