Hi Peter
And welcome to the Forum!
An email digest is a good idea,so I'm going to look in to seeing how easy it would be to provide that option. Every week or so I send out a short newsletter to let people know what's going on and remind them to check in with the Forum but that's not really the same thing.
In the meantime, you may have already noticed the "print" button that appears at the lower right when you're reading a thread. If you select that option you'll receive a non-graphics version of the text that you can then either print or just copy and paste into a text processor. A bit of an effort but might be useful.
I know the problem with dial-up's well, 6 months ago I was in the middle of a jungle (really!) with a 12Kb line that was costing a fortune! I didn't spend too long on msn messenger talking to my mates that's for sure!

You should be able to access this forum from anywhere by just signing in with your username "thornuk" and your password. You only need to register the once so you're all set.
Cheers
Graham