The new DIGEST function is now available on SCREEN-L.  And it appears
    to be working.
 
    DIGEST is a newly introduced function of LISTSERV, the software that
    runs discussion lists like SCREEN-L.  Each day LISTSERV collects all of
    SCREEN-L's messages and packages them in a single file with an index at
    the start that is based on the subject headings.
 
    Here's a portion of what SCREEN-L's digest looked like yesterday (the
    number after the subject heading indicates how many times that that
    subject appeared):
 
  1. Rouch- Human Pyramid (2)
  2. Valley Town (3)
  3. Rouch- Sandy
  4. The Magus, Beat the Devil (3)
  5. Thanks on Magus, Beat the Devil
 
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Date:    Thu, 8 Apr 1993 07:26:55 EST
From:    jay ruby <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Rouch- Human Pyramid
 
Rouch's film The Human Pyramind is not in circulation outside of France.
 
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Date:    Thu, 8 Apr 1993 07:28:50 EST
From:    jay ruby <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: Valley Town
 
Henry Breitrose,  Thanks for the citations.  I will post a list if
I locate more references.  It seems to me that with all the post-mod
folk talking about mixed genre as being so hip and current that we
ought to look at films like Valley Town as being the precursors to
post-mod doc.  Anyone got suggestions for other "mixed genre" docs
from the 30s onward?
 
Jay Ruby
 
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    And so it continues from there to list every message of the day in
    chronological order.
 
    If you receive SCREEN-L in digest form then you are >not< sent the
    messages one at a time as they come in--which is the standard
    procedure.
 
    I can see how this way of receiving SCREEN-L messages might be more
    convenient, though less immediate, than the message-by-message format.
    It's brand new, so experiment with it and let me know what you think.
 
    To receive SCREEN-L's digests you need to change your subscription to
    SCREEN-L by sending e-mail to [log in to unmask] or [log in to unmask]
 
    Please note:  this mail goes to "listserv" not to "screen-l."
 
    In your mail, put this command:
 
    SET SCREEN-L DIGESTS
 
    If you decide that you do not like digests and want to return to the
    standard mail system, send e-mail to the same address with this
    command:
 
    SET SCREEN-L MAIL
 
    That should do it.  Notify me of any problems.
 
 
 | Jeremy Butler                                                          |
 | SCREEN-L Coordinator                     [log in to unmask] |
 | Telecommunication & Film Dept * The University of Alabama * Tuscaloosa |