On Tue, 4 Feb 2003, John Lawson wrote:
> Yes, please... *every* other maillist I subscribe to has [mailistname]
> prepended to the "Subject" field...except for Classiccmp, which generates
> three times the message traffic the others do combined...
>
> Having the [maillistname] at the *end* of the 'Subject:' text makes no
> sense whatsoever, begging the Right Honorable Sellam's pardon on the
> matter.
Here's what I see when I get an index of the my mailbox:
N 553 Feb 4 John Lawson (2,902) Re: Selectric Typewriter conversio
N 554 Feb 4 Jay West (3,184) Re: OT/Admin: tags
N 555 Feb 4 Fred Cisin (XenoSo (2,890) Re: Selectric Typewriter conversio
N 556 Feb 4 chu_at_verizon.net (2,986) Request for help with a PDP 11/73
N 557 Feb 4 Roger Merchberger (5,819) Re: OT/Admin: tags
N 558 Feb 4 Kevin Handy (3,294) Re: Request for help with a PDP 11
N 559 Feb 4 Eric Smith (3,458) Re: OT/Admin: tags
N 560 Feb 4 Ethan Dicks (2,501) Is there such a thing as a ZIF soc
N 561 Feb 4 William Donzelli (2,796) Sun tapes
N 562 Feb 4 William Donzelli (2,965) Re: Is there such a thing as a ZIF
+ N 563 Feb 4 Murray McCullough (972) Book
Here's what it would look like with a pre-pended tag:
N 553 Feb 4 John Lawson (2,902) [CLASSICCMP] Re: Selectric Typewri
N 554 Feb 4 Jay West (3,184) [CLASSICCMP] Re: OT/Admin: tags
N 555 Feb 4 Fred Cisin (XenoSo (2,890) [CLASSICCMP] Re: Selectric Typewri
N 556 Feb 4 chu_at_verizon.net (2,986) [CLASSICCMP] Request for help with
N 557 Feb 4 Roger Merchberger (5,819) [CLASSICCMP] Re: OT/Admin: tags
N 558 Feb 4 Kevin Handy (3,294) [CLASSICCMP] Re: Request for help
N 559 Feb 4 Eric Smith (3,458) [CLASSICCMP] Re: OT/Admin: tags
N 560 Feb 4 Ethan Dicks (2,501) [CLASSICCMP] Is there such a thing
N 561 Feb 4 William Donzelli (2,796) [CLASSICCMP] Sun tapes
N 562 Feb 4 William Donzelli (2,965) [CLASSICCMP] Re: Is there such a t
+ N 563 Feb 4 Murray McCullough (972) [CLASSICCMP] Book
3/5 of the message topic lines are now gone, making them practically
useless for getting a quick scan of the message subjects.
Admittedly this is a red herring argument. I don't use the index to read
messages. I just read and delete through as I go through my inbox.
But, what I'm saying is, we did already go over this in the Great
Divergence. MUST we REPEAT this STUPID ARGUING over HOW the LIST is
PRESENTED TIME and TIME and F0!KING TIME aGAIN?
I mean SHIT! I have never met a more whiny-assed group of nerds in my
life! If the whining on this list over all the stupid little shit that
gets whined about could be converted into energy, we'd be able to power
Asia.
Just accept it already and SHUT UP!
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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Received on Tue Feb 04 2003 - 14:23:00 GMT