I'd guess the transfer time to download individual messages or the Digest 
is about the same. Personally I don't like the digest. You have to scroll 
through the thing to find something of interest. With individual messages 
I can delete dozens of messages based only on the subject. A big time 
savings.
Macy
>I have so very much enjoyed the alternative process digest.  Since it is no
>longer available, however, and since my software will not sort the massive
>amount of traffic the list generates into a separate mailbox, I have no
>choice but to unsubscribe.  I consider the transition to the current method
>of distribution to be a particularly poor policy decision on somebody's part.