Post by thread:[ADMIN] Thought on header revision and format

One thing I've been thinking about on headers is to suggest we try to put [OT] at the END of subject lines, when people add it to a subject line of a post they think's OT for the list; The reason I suggest this is that my browser sorts subjects alphabetically, not by intent of the sender <G>; Say we have 3 posts, Subject: ABC Subject: Re: ABC [OT] Subject: Re: ABC [OT] [way, way OT] Subject: Re: [OT] ABC {The 3rd post is how I'd let filterers filter, and acknowledge that something is way OT for us humans, BTW.} The last post alpha sorts WAY far away above the other 3 posts, separating it and making the conversation diverge worse than it already will, this being the PICList <G> Something to consider for the FAQs; this might make tracking the subjects easier for most people, and filtering should still work well enough. (Set your filter to "Contains" instead of "Begins with" <G>) It's a convenience for others, they can figure out what posts are about what subject{s} <G> Also, for the same "convenience of others" reasons, PLEASE, let's not see any header lines like these: Subject: SV: ABC [OT] {Default list language is English, folks <G>} Subject: FWD: Re: ABC [OT] Subject: Re: [OT] Re: ABC Subject: Re: Re: Re: SV: ABC [OT] {ONE 'Re:' suffices!} Subject: Re: ABC [OT} {Ack!} Subject: Re: [OT, Way OT] ABC Also, James Newton now joins us as an Admin, we'll split duties up & make things work <G> Mark -- I do small package shipping for small businesses, world-wide.

Mark, I like the idea. I use Eudora and it's normally `trivial' to sort and filter messages but the current scheme scatters the same subject all over the place when I sort by subject. Another problem is folks that decide to do a "<subject> was <subject>"... On occasion, I've been tempted to post my list of `gripes' but so far I've held back. I assume anything with "[ADMIN]" is reserved for Jory, you, and now, James. And a note to James: Congrats, James. It takes a brave man to sacrifice family, sleep, and sanity ;-) - Tom At 11:39 AM 11/20/99 -0800, Mark Willis wrote: {Quote hidden}>One thing I've been thinking about on headers is to suggest we try to >put [OT] at the END of subject lines, when people add it to a subject >line of a post they think's OT for the list; > >The reason I suggest this is that my browser sorts subjects >alphabetically, not by intent of the sender <G>; Say we have 3 posts, >Subject: ABC >Subject: Re: ABC [OT] >Subject: Re: ABC [OT] [way, way OT] >Subject: Re: [OT] ABC > >{The 3rd post is how I'd let filterers filter, and acknowledge that >something is way OT for us humans, BTW.} The last post alpha sorts WAY >far away above the other 3 posts, separating it and making the >conversation diverge worse than it already will, this being the PICList ><G> > >Something to consider for the FAQs; this might make tracking the >subjects easier for most people, and filtering should still work well >enough. (Set your filter to "Contains" instead of "Begins with" <G>) >It's a convenience for others, they can figure out what posts are about >what subject{s} <G> > >Also, for the same "convenience of others" reasons, PLEASE, let's not >see any header lines like these: >Subject: SV: ABC [OT] {Default list language is English, folks <G>} >Subject: FWD: Re: ABC [OT] >Subject: Re: [OT] Re: ABC >Subject: Re: Re: Re: SV: ABC [OT] {ONE 'Re:' suffices!} >Subject: Re: ABC [OT} {Ack!} >Subject: Re: [OT, Way OT] ABC > >Also, James Newton now joins us as an Admin, we'll split duties up & >make things work <G> > > Mark ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Tom Handley New Age Communications Since '75 before "New Age" and no one around here is waiting for UFOs ;-)