>I also agree that NewsGroups are not that useful (espeically if you are
>busy). But I also feel swamped when a bunch of MEMS e-mail arrive.
>
>One solution is how the SPM (scanning probe microscopy) mailing list
>works. You have two choices: 1) Receive all the mails individually (like
>we are now) or 2) subscribe to the Digest. The digest is just all of the
>emails for a day strung together with a list of the topic sentences at
>the top. It is a great way to go thru stuff quickly. And I know its 2:03
>pm when my mail system 'pings' me. I think this digest is automatically
>put together. The people at Digital Instruments run this mailing list
>and would have all the details about it.
>
>   Ken Westra
>   MicroFab at the University of Alberta
>

Nice idea - that would certainly work for me.


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