It's been brought up before. I don't recall exactly all the +/- discussed but there are some alternatives for the user depending on their preference. Digest can get a bit annoying in high volume. The list is archived in various places (Gmane.org,nabble.com)
Nabble does provide a forum style interface to the current list if you rather follow it that way.
http://n2.nabble.com/freeswitch-users-f2379917.html
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