The difference between a digest and an archive, is the archive
never gets sent to or seen by anyone that does not specifically
request it on a "one time" basis. There is no periodic delivery.
A digest is also requested, but will not need to be requested
separately every time the information is desired. Digests are
delivered periodically, but still may not contain as much or as
long of a time period of information as the archive.
A digest is sent every time a threshhold is exceeded, then deleted.
An archive grows until a time threshhold is reached, then a new
archive is created. These are only sent after a "get" command is
received, and are never deleted.
Dan Liston
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