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Subject: Re: LISTSERV index option (was: Surveying list users.)
From: Beartooth <karhunhammas @ Lserv . com>
Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2002 08:56:49 -0400 (EDT)
To: Paul Russell <prussell @ nd . edu>
Cc: list-managers <list-managers @ greatcircle . com>
In-reply-to: <3D2F673B.3050302@nd.edu>
Reply-to: KHLsv <karhunhammas @ Lserv . com>

On Fri, 12 Jul 2002, Paul Russell wrote:

> If a LISTSERV list is configured to support the DIGEST option, it
> also supports the INDEX option.

	If only that were also true of Mailman and Majordomo! (Or,
perhaps, it is and moderators don't know about it?)

> If the list is hosted on a server running LISTSERV 1.8d or 1.8e,
> a subscriber may choose to receive either a traditional DIGEST or
> INDEX, or an HTML DIGEST or HTML INDEX. In an HTML DIGEST, the
> table of contents at the beginning of the digest consists of
> links to the individual messages. In an HTML INDEX, each index
> entry is a link to the message.

	Well, I'll be confusticated! So there is arguably an excuse
fot HTML in email after all. That could be handy! VDQ (very dumb
question) : do you have to read your mail on a browser by any
chance, or can an ordinary link to one, such as I use when a friend
emails me a URL, do the job?
-- 
RR 'Beartooth' Neuswanger <karhunhammas (at) lserv.com>
double retiree, linux greenhorn running pine 4.43 on ISP's SunOS 5.8;
Opera 6.02, Pan 0.11.2, Galeon 1.2.0, & Mozilla 0.9.9 under RH 7.2
Keep in mind that I have no idea what I am talking about.





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