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Subject:Re: Tips for saving selected digest entries? From:Stephen Victor <svictor -at- HOUSTON -dot- GEOQUEST -dot- SLB -dot- COM> Date:Wed, 14 May 1997 09:29:21 -0500
Stuart Burnfield wrote:
>
> My mailer, exmh, has a 'Burst digest' option that splits the digest into
> its component messages. Save the ones you want and bulk delete the rest.
> Check your mailer's manual or Help to see if it has something similar.
Yuck, where were the tech writers when they were naming *that* option?
It sounds like something requiring emergency surgery.
Steve
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