Actually, it seems to me the consensus is "It isn't hurting me to have it."
Which isn't the point at all - would it hurt me to /not/ have it is the
question - since it's presence could well be affecting others.
Assuming the tagging is the default, and trying to find reasons not to
is the wrong direction. Can anyone suggest a good reason to actually
have it?
Thus spake Ian Clarke...
Ok, I guess the consensus is that we shouldn't change.
Ian.
On 5/3/06, Florent Daignière (NextGen$) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
* Ian Clarke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [2006-05-03 16:38:25]:
> The point is that there is no point. They take up space without
> serving any useful purpose. This is a particular problem for those
> with limited-width mail readers such as Mutt or Pine.
>
> Ian.
>
I'm using mutt and honestly don't mind/haven't seen any problem.
NextGen$
> On 3 May 2006, at 16:17, John C.C.White wrote:
>
> >OK. I'll disagree:
> >
> >- the list is low-volume
> >- Subject: headers rarely overflow my (entirely reasonable) space
> >allocated
> >- I haven't seen any bogus [freenet-devl] messages (yet).
> >
> >Really, what's the point/need?
> >
> >-John-
> >
> >On May 3, 2006, at 6:47 PM, Ian Clarke wrote:
> >
> >>This makes a pretty persuasive argument for ditching the [freenet-
> >>devl] subject tags on mailing list emails:
> >>
> >> http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/qralston/writing/tagging-harmful/
> >>
> >>If nobody can come up with a good argument against this, I suggest
> >>we follow its advice and remove the Subject tags.
> >>
> >>Ian.
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