Hi Will and other AOL users, I too am an AOL subscriber.  I prefer it
when the digest comes as an attached file since I save the digest to
floppy disk.  This way I can review at my leisure any information on the
digest without being on-line and also without filling up hard drive space.

When MMD is an attached file I simply click on 'download now.'  In less
than 30 seconds it's stored on my hard drive.  I sign off AOL, double
click My Computer (Windows 95), double click C drive, then AOL3.0, AOL
download, and there it is ready to view or move to the floppy.  Sounds
like a lot of double-clicking, but after you've done it a couple times it
goes real fast.

When MMD is not an attached file, I agree, it is quite convenient to just
read it online.  However, if you want to save any info it takes more
steps than the above.

Yes, I realize that saving the MMD is redundant considering that the
archives are available.  I just like the quick access afforded by not
having to log on-line.

Debbie Legg

 [ Editors note:
 [
 [ I didn't know my service was different.  I simply dial-up my
 [ service provider and say "Get the Mail", and all incoming messages
 [ are immediately transferred from the host to my computer.  I read them
 [ after disconnecting.  During the same connect session with the host
 [ I can use web browser and ftp services too, all simultaneously !
 [ I've been able to handle all the email for the Digest with average
 [ connection time of only about 20 minutes per day for everything.  (The
 [ 'phone calls with Jody are a bit longer!  ;-)  I was very fortunate to
 [ find a telephone service at five cents per minute within California,
 [ since Jody lives 90 miles from me.
 [
 [ The Eudora email program splits long messages like the Digest into
 [ two or three segments, and stores all mail in a special filing system
 [ with a *speedy* text search capability.  I use this often to locate
 [ a letter or Digest containing a previous mention of a thread.  Attach-
 [ ments, like Midi files or image files, are put in an ordinary desktop
 [ folder labeled "Attachments."
 [
 [ -- Robbie