Date: Wed, 12 Jul 2000 08:39:59 -0700
From: Chuq Von Rospach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
If *I* did this, would anyone be screaming at me? Probably not. Are
people screaming because this is wrong, or because, since AOL did it,
it gives them an excuse to yell at AOL? It really seems the latter --
it's not that this is bad, it's that this is AOL, and therefore, it's
a chance to complain.
I'm sorry Chuq but that's just not even close. Did you see my original
post? I'm complaining because the net effect is extra work for me, and
annoying to boot. The fact that it's AOL is irrelevant to me. Any large
provider would do (or a small provider if they made up more than a handful
of my subscribers).
This isn't a personality issue and your casting it that way is just going
to lead to yet another flame war on this list. I'd say "pointless flame
war" except they're all pointless. I was about to unsubscribe even though
I've been here for years. I find about 1% of posts to this list useful and
it used to be more like 50%. This is an issue about subject headers, not
whether or not we like AOL in general.
Hotmail changes angle brackets to square brackets and I have to have
special subscription directions for hotmail users. It doesn't seem to
affect the subjects in list replies though, only in replies to
authentication posts (I have no idea why). I did mention the hotmail
problem in my first post, but I discovered it years ago and dealt with it
then. The AOL problem is brand new.
And, no, I have no choice about how the list software is configured for
authentication. I can change the subject prefix but this one has worked
well for me for years so why should I change it just because AOL gets a
whim about angle brackets being evil in subject headers? Maybe next week
they'll decide square brackets are bad too. Even if I did change it, I'd
still have the authentication problem and that means users asking for my
help to subscribe.
I'm still hoping to hear from the AOL staff members who I know belong to
this list (or at least some did in the past).
Cyndi
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