Re: [NTG-context] Subjects on this list - general request

2013-03-21 Thread Robert Blackstone

On 20 Mar 2013, at 19:46 ,  Keith J. Schultz keithjschu...@web.de wrote
 
 I see no advantage in your suggestion. just search the subject.
 
 As for the [***Spam***] that is inroduce by mail servers. A user should maybe 
 remove
 it to avoid it. But a nuisance, yes, a problem no.
 
 regards
   Keith.

and on 20 Mar 2013, at 19:21 ,  Mica Semrick paperdig...@gmail.com wrote
 
 
 I would agree with the (no subject) or SPAM titles, but if your search tool
 can't tell the difference between \column, Bug in -  - \column, Bug in
 \column and Bug in \column then you probably need to find a new search
 tool. I subscribe  to the list in non-digest format, e.g. I get every
 email. I used to get it in digest, but I found that made my searching
 tougher. I use gmail and have all the list messages skip my inbox and go
 directly to a tag. This has helped a ton!
 
 -Mica
 
 Am 20.03.2013 um 16:12 schrieb Robert Blackstone 
 blackstone.rob...@gmail.com:
 
 …. wouldn't it be a good idea to ask everybody to clearly state the subject 
 of their message, preferably starting with the most important keyword, and 
 in particular to avoid (no subject) or [***SPAM***], and similar things as 
 subjects. ...
   ..

Hi Mica and Keith,

Thanks for your reaction. It is informative to hear your opninon. 
I did not want to start a discussion -- it was rather a cri de coeur born out 
of frustration -- so I will leave it at this. 

Best regards,

Robert
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Re: [NTG-context] Subjects on this list - general request

2013-03-20 Thread Mica Semrick
I would agree with the (no subject) or SPAM titles, but if your search tool
can't tell the difference between \column, Bug in -  - \column, Bug in
\column and Bug in \column then you probably need to find a new search
tool. I subscribe  to the list in non-digest format, e.g. I get every
email. I used to get it in digest, but I found that made my searching
tougher. I use gmail and have all the list messages skip my inbox and go
directly to a tag. This has helped a ton!

-Mica

On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 8:12 AM, Robert Blackstone 
blackstone.rob...@gmail.com wrote:

 Dear all,

 Considering all complaints about the difficulties to find, in the Garden,
 or in the NTG mail archive,  answers to specific problems, wouldn't it be
 a good idea to ask everybody to clearly state the subject of their message,
 preferably starting with the most important keyword, and in particular to
 avoid (no subject) or [***SPAM***], and similar things as subjects.

 Also, if you forgive me,  subjects like upto current or Bug in \column
 are not really helpful when on tries to search in the archive for a
 solution to a specific problem. In the last-mentioned example, wouldn't 
 \column,
 Bug in -  or even \column, Bug in \column be better?

 More specific subject titles in the mails might save some of us hours of
 unfruitful searching and lots of teeth grinding.

 This is probably not the first request on this topic but, if so, I thought
 it would do no harm to repeat it.

 Thanks in advance.


 Best regards,


 Robert Blackstone



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Re: [NTG-context] Subjects on this list - general request

2013-03-20 Thread Keith J. Schultz
Hi Robert,

I see no advantage in your suggestion. just search the subject.

As for the [***Spam***] that is inroduce by mail servers. A user should maybe 
remove
it to avoid it. But a nuisance, yes, a problem no.

regards
Keith.

Am 20.03.2013 um 16:12 schrieb Robert Blackstone blackstone.rob...@gmail.com:

 Dear all,
 Considering all complaints about the difficulties to find, in the Garden, or 
 in the NTG mail archive,  answers to specific problems, wouldn't it be a good 
 idea to ask everybody to clearly state the subject of their message, 
 preferably starting with the most important keyword, and in particular to 
 avoid (no subject) or [***SPAM***], and similar things as subjects.
 Also, if you forgive me,  subjects like upto current or Bug in \column 
 are not really helpful when on tries to search in the archive for a solution 
 to a specific problem. In the last-mentioned example, wouldn't \column, Bug 
 in -  or even \column, Bug in \column be better? 
 More specific subject titles in the mails might save some of us hours of 
 unfruitful searching and lots of teeth grinding.
 This is probably not the first request on this topic but, if so, I thought it 
 would do no harm to repeat it.
 
 Thanks in advance.
 
 Best regards,
 
 Robert Blackstone
 
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