another question on digests

[matt V <matt @ nifty . selfip . net>]

hello again
I was just wondering if there is a way to make a digest on the fly or 
not?I want to test my work, but all i see in the 
digests_work_directory that i have as 
/home/majordomo/md/digests/test-digest, is files 001 through 004 but when 
i do a command  such as "echo mkdigest test-digest pluck | mail 
matt @
nifty .
selfip .
net"
all i get in that email is the result of what i echo'ed' e.g, "mkdigest 
test-digest pluck
the doc i read was quick-digest-setup but for some reason, its not working
thats where i see the digests password was pluck

I have my $filedir set as /home/majordomo/md/files which has a directory 
under that called test-digest.archive

am i as lost as i think i am?