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From: bob@acornrc.UUCP (Bob Weissman)
Newsgroups: news.admin,news.groups
Subject: Re: the return of comp.dcom.telecom ??
Summary: Digests are fine
Message-ID: <977@acornrc.UUCP>
Date: 26 Jul 88 06:07:02 GMT
References: <440@vector.UUCP> <22336@tis.llnl.gov>
Organization: Acorn Research Center, Palo Alto, CA
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In article <22336@tis.llnl.gov>, mcb@tis.llnl.gov (Michael C. Berch) writes:
> Digests are
> not amenable to newsreading software (yes, you can deal with them with
> readnews or rn, but it ain't fun).  If TELECOM is to be gatewayed, it
> should be done as *individual messages*

I beg to differ.  I find the 'm' command of vnews perfectly acceptible for
dealing with digests.

Your comment is like saying television shows should not be broadcast in
color because you have a black and white television set.

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