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Subject:Re[2]: A little moderation, please From:Matthew Stern <MAStern -at- PLATSOFT -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 11 Dec 1996 09:28:00 -0800
Regarding the question:
>What about splitting the list into interest areas?
I get daily digests. If we split up the list, would I have to subscribe
and get a digest for each sublist? As someone mentioned earlier, people
are likely to cross post, so that I would have to go through the same
messages on each digest.
As a digest recipient, it would be easier for me to just get one list,
as I do now. I can then press Page Down to go past the topics that don't
interest me.
However, if we do decide to split up the list, I recommend the following
in addition to Arlen Walker's categories (TECHWR-Whining that the list
is too busy and TECHWR-Me Too):
