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>I like the idea of a Digest as we already get almost too many messages to DL >and read (even without the recent squirrley Server actions). > >Would a Digest take the same amount of time to DL as umpteen individual >messages ? > Most Listserves have found through much trial and error that the digest causes more traffic on their network than individual messages. When someone's network fails & returns messages it generally is just a few messages that are returned however, when a whole digest is returned you have magnified the problem by several times. Also on digest you cannot reply to the post, you will not have the option of hitting the reply button & everything is already addressed for you. I don't know how the listserves in Canada are operated, but the several that I belong to in the U.S. do not really want us to go on digest!! Marjorie Moorefield 63/7.5 -- Internet Communications of America, Inc.