[Dixielandjazz] My worst fears on DJML Digest use. No meaningful subjects.

[Lowell Busching]

My worst fears on DJML Digest use have just been realized.  Several 
members are responding to an email about some subject where the subject 
was not put in originally. Thus every response contains only the Digest 
number and no meaningful subject line, making it necessary for those of 
us too lazy to scroll down the digest, no matter how long it is, to have 
to scroll to find out what it is!

It would take less time to do that then to complain about it, but I am 
sure eventually Bob Ringwald or Dave, as those handling the nuts and 
bolds of the list, will eventually say something about that, so I will 
try to beat them to it.

To those not on the digest version, you just read the emails as they 
come in. For those of us using the digest, we try to see if there are 
items of interest before scrolling down.

To see nothing but references to former digests leaves something to be 
desired.  Some or many of us (I am never sure about that!) are not 
musicians, but are interested in other aspects discussed on the DJML. 
Thus if a thread in a digest is on some technical aspect of music, like 
key changes for an obscure song, we can quickly delete the digest and go 
on to other pursuits.

Personally I have found that many of the unidentified objects are often 
of interest, so I dare not pass them up.  Please have mercy. Thank You.

Mad Dawg