And it's far easier to implement digest than get users to behave. If there is a problem with the way people are behaving, I think it is better to try to encourage and reward better behaviour than to try to accomodate it. Sorry, that should be read "get users to change behaviour." I don't want to restrict what anyone wants to talk about, personally. Sorry - I misunderstood. Sorry again, I don't feel you're trying to oppress anyone. And I appreciate kicking the tires before buying the car. In my particular case - and I can accept it graciously if I'm the only one - I would be very happy if the HECnet list were available in digest form. I just don't see that impinging on any other forms. If Mailman is adopted, it's already part of the picture. It looks like there are others that want digests and that digests are on the way anyway. I think that there are other issues with the list, unrelated to digests. I was under the mistaken impression that others were trying to diplomatically raise these issues and offer suggestions at possible solutions. It appears that I was quite wrong there and I have now run out of diplomacy myself. I wonder would it be possible to make available a mailing list where only issues closely related to HECnet are discussed and where a policy of "no point in making one post when ten will do" does not prevail? I don't really have any use for a mailing list that has so far today produced 100+ messages on topics as diverse as 2.11BSD and GAWK on IA64 plus lots of administrative stuff and containing buried within a few little gems of importance to HECnet members, whether it has digests or not. Regards, Peter Coghlan.