OpenEuphoria

Re: Protocol needed

• Posted by Raude Riwal <RAUDER at THMULTI.COM> Oct 16, 2000
• 701 views

No! I often don't see the end of the subject line if it's more than a few
words.
I like [GEN]Re:foo & bar.

Riwal

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ben Fosberg [SMTP:BenFosberg at ATT.NET]
> Sent: Sunday, October 15, 2000 10:46 PM
> To:   EUPHORIA at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
> Subject:      Re: Protocol needed
>
> Am I correct in thinking this might be fixed by moving the tags to the
> *end* of
> the subject line? Seems like that would also eliminate the multiple tags
> ("[GEN]
> re: [GEN] rest of subject").
>
> simulat wrote:
>
> > Hi
> > I like the category tags at the beginning of messages, but unless they
> are
> > handled consistently they will make it so that my email reader (Outlook
> > Express) won't be able to gather the postings into threads. In the long
> run
> > this will be a real hassle.
> >
> > Here's what I mean - after sorting by subject I'm starting to get stuff
> like
> > this:
> > [GEN] foo
> > [GEN] Re: Foo  --- one chunk of the thread
> > [GEN] Re: Foo
> > [GEN] Re: Foo
> > [LNX] .. ... .. --- other stuff
> >  .
> >  .
> > Re: foo -- another chunk of the thread
> > Re: foo
> > Re: foo
> > Re: foo
> >  .
> >  .
> > Re: [GEN] foo -- another chunk of the thread
> > Re: [GEN] foo
> > Re: [GEN] foo
> > Threads get sorted into several places and it gets so you can't follow
> them
> > chronologically anymore.
> >
> > Who wants to set the standard?
> > Bye
> > Martin