From: utzoo!decvax!cca!knutsen@Sri-Unix@sri-unix
Newsgroups: net.micro
Title: to digestify or not
Article-I.D.: sri-unix.2623
Posted: Wed Aug 11 01:25:40 1982
Received: Fri Aug 13 05:16:43 1982

From: Andrew Knutsen 
	I would like to clarify something about this issue:
digestification is of more advantage to arpanet people than
usenet. It cuts down on overhead for arpa sites, but having
both net.micro and fa.micro would create more overhead for
usenet sites.
	It is not my impression that a digest for usenet has
been suggested; the option is proposed for arpa sites, which
have different ways of both receiving and reading the
material. If individial uucp people want it via individual
distribution, that might be possible to arrange.
	However the point seems to be moot right now since
no site has stepped forward yet...
	Btw "notesfile", which is an adaptation from PLATO, is
available as a user interface to usenet on UNIX systems.