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Aucbvax.6314 fa.works utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!works Fri Feb 26 00:26:21 1982 WorkS Now both DIGEST and Direct distribution >From JSol@USC-ECLC Thu Feb 25 22:13:15 1982

Due to overwhelming demand, I am now supporting two versions of how WORKS is being distributed, both the digest and the direct mail approach. I expect that the direct approach will be most useful for those who want to contribute to the list, while digests will be more useful to those users who are only interested in reading what goes on.

The digest will tend to lag behind the discussion, there is some middle ground (if there is about 6000 characters of mail to go out each day then there will be a daily digest), but most of the time digests may either be sparse (due to lack of discussion), or very large and frequent (lagging behind the overwhelming discussion). Either way, there are now two ways you can be on the list.

If you are receiving this message in the form of a message addressed to you, then you are on the direct mail list. If you receive this as an "Administrivia" to the normal digest, then are on the digest list. In any event, you can be switched back and forth at will by sending mail to WorkS-REQUEST@MIT-AI.

Oh, yes. My apologies to all who received more than one copy of one of the messages sent to WorkS. I had inadvertently created a loop in the list in the process of splitting the list in two. This has been fixed now.

Enjoy, --JSol -------

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