Re: informative "subject" titles (was: explain it to me)
Brian,
----- Original Message -----
From: <brian_keene at yahoo.com>
>
> Dan:
> I agree that it is 1) circuitous, 2) can be a hassle, and 3) does loose
> some info. But I was just giving a solution to your problem. I never
> said it was the best solution.
I realize that, and thanks! :)
>
> Your hint is obviously the best solution. I would like to make my own
> hint/suggestion though. In another group that I'm in, every subject
> line has the name of the forum automatically prepended to it. It would
> be nice to have that happen with this group. Maybe have a "[EU]"
> string prepended. That would allow us to automatically filter all
> EUForum messages into a separate folder (& also allow me to stop my
> circuitous, time consuming, double sending practice).
Others have already mentioned the option to filter all messages using
'message rules' in your email program, so I won't. ;)
>
> Regards
> Brian Keene
>
> --- Dan Moyer <DANIELMOYER at prodigy.net> wrote:
> >
> > Brian,
> >
> > That's an interesting, albeit circuitous, workaround, especially the
> > "auto-trash if not self-sent" feature! I think I tried something
> > similar,
> > by forwarding "non-topical subject-header emails" back to myself,
> > with a
> > more useful subject line, but it became too much of a hassle, and it
> > removed
> > the original *sender* from the "from", which can also sometimes be
> > useful to
> > search on.
> >
> > <hint mode on>
> > Wouldn't it be nice for just about everyone here if everyone wrote
> > subjects
> > for their forum postings which explained the *content* of their
> > posting?
> > <hint mode off>
> >
> > Dan
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <brian_keene at yahoo.com>
> > To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
> > Sent: Friday, August 31, 2001 4:33 AM
> > Subject: Re: explain it to me
> >
> >
> > > Dan:
> > > I find that the inconsistant subject lines are more commn than on
> > topic
> > > subject lines. So what I've done is set up a 2nd E-mail account on
> > > yahoo that no 1 knows about except me. When I want to save
> > something I
> > > just fwd the message with an appropriate title to that E-mail acct.
> > &
> > > then download that into a similar special folder (like the 1 you
> > > described). Anything that wasn't sent by me is automatically
> > trashed
> > > by Yahoo.
> > >
> > > Regards
> > > Brian Keene
> > >
> > > --- Dan Moyer <DANIELMOYER at prodigy.net> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > George,
> > > >
> > > > I almost never remember all the good stuff people put here, so I
> > made
> > > > a
> > > > email folder "code examples" that I copy the best of the best to,
> > for
> > > > future
> > > > reference. Only problem is when people write email subjects like
> > > > "explain
> > > > it to me", instead of something which includes the *nature* of
> > the
> > > > desired
> > > > help, which throws off my ability to easily browse through that
> > > > folder by
> > > > subjects to retrieve something of interest ;)
> > > >
> > > > Dan Moyer
> > > >
> > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > From: "George Walters" <gwalters at sc.rr.com>
> > > > To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
> > > > Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 1:24 PM
> > > > Subject: Re: explain it to me
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > > now if I can just remember this stuff....
> > > > >
> > > > > ...george
> > > > >
> > > > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > > > From: "C. K. Lester" <cklester at yahoo.com>
> > > > > To: "EUforum" <EUforum at topica.com>
> > > > > Sent: Thursday, August 30, 2001 4:07 PM
> > > > > Subject: Re: explain it to me
> > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > > Clever stuff, Chris! Thanks.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > -ck
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > I do this..
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > rec=value(rec)
> > > > > > > rec={rec[2]}
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > this also works....
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>
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