tooo many messages on standards

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>>>>> "Richard" == Richard Masoner <richardm@cd.com> writes:

    >> to see all that AT ONE TIME.  I enjoy H-F most of the time, but
    >> that was TOOOOOOO MUCH!!!!!!!!

    Richard> We certainly had a ton of mail -- so much, in fact, that
    Richard> Tyler and I began discussing how we could try to cut down
    Richard> on the volume of mail that goes out.  Some of you even
    Richard> received some reject letters on your messages: Tyler and
    Richard> I have decided to become slightly more stringent on the
    Richard> messages we allow.

    Richard> I also suggested that we limit messages to H-F to 25 each
    Richard> day.  Tyler doesn't see a problem with large numbers of
    Richard> messages.  I agree that for people like Tyler, me, and
    Richard> Bro R. Brown with his 2 gig mail spool :-) this isn't a
    Richard> problem.  But I also realize that many (most?) people on
    Richard> this list don't check email everyday and don't have huge
    Richard> amounts of space to queue messages to.

    Richard> Any suggestions from the list members?  We're here to
    Richard> serve.

    Richard> Richard Masoner

That's what digest mode is for, although replying to a post inside a
digest is a bit of a pain...

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