[ClassicCMP] Re: Tag requested in Subject: line

From: Don Maslin <donm_at_cts.com>
Date: Sat Feb 5 19:12:10 2000

On Sat, 5 Feb 2000, Jerome Fine wrote:

> Zane H. Healy wrote:
>
> > >I'd like to see a small tag be prefixed to the Subject: line so that it's
> > >easier to know that the email came from the Classic Computer list.
> > >I suggest the Majordomo "config" file include a line like this:
> > >subject_prefix = [ClassicCmp]
> > Oh, NO! I'd just like to point out that this makes sorting messages a
> > nightmare! PLUS it means you've got shorter subject lines. ARGGHHH!
>
> Jerome Fine replies:
>
> I agree with the original request and I agree with Zane. Perhaps a compromise like:
> subject_prefix = [CCmp] would do the job and still be just as identifiable. Even
> then, if we take a little bit of extra time (about 10 seconds - much longer than it takes
> me to type even this stuff in parenthesis), the original [CCmp] can be deleted. I don't
> know if the list software can also search for the presence of any imbedded [CCmp]
> strings and eliminate those as well automatically.
>
> Otherwise, I do prefer the prefix. Sorry Zane!

Well, you could preface it with Re: as in Zane's previous example:

: Also what started out as:
: [ClassicCmp] Tag requested in Subject: line
: is now:
: Re: [ClassicCMP] Re: [ClassicCmp] Tag requested in Subject: line
: It will get worse. I'm was on a mailing list that does this with just
: a two letter id, and I've seen it creep most of the way across the subject.

8-)
                                                 - don

> Sincerely yours,
>
> Jerome Fine
>
>
Received on Sat Feb 05 2000 - 19:12:10 GMT