On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 at 6:48 AM, M. Fioretti<mfioretti at nexaima.net> wrote: > On Thu, Jun 11, 2009 07:42:28 AM -0400, David McGuffey wrote: >> So...what is the appropriate way to respond when one is receiving >> the digest version? > > It probably is to automatically split the digest into the original, > separate message as soon as it arrives, using procmail or > formail. Search for "procmail split digests" and you'll find > several explanations. > > This said, I really have to ask: do whatever you like as long as you > don't break threads but... why on Earth do you use digests? Are you > with an ISP which limits how many messages you can receive per day? > That's the only valid reasons I've ever read for digests in ~15 years > of email usage... I received the Digest version, when we had dial up access to the Internet. Probably I was advised, like others, that I was breaking the threading, when I replied to messages, although I tried to cut and paste and keep it as correct as possible. I got this gmail account for the mailing list and haven't looked back. So far, never a complaint I've broken the thread. :-)