On 05/01/12 13:29, James Knott wrote:
Mike Scott wrote:
On 04/01/2012 23:19, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote:
Rob,
Good point. If there is no one who uses this list that objects in the
time window, I'll take it to ooo-dev and from there as appropriate.
- Dennis
A mild objection here... prefixes at the start of the subject line
clutter a limited screen space. I loath them, and there are better
ways of achieving the end that don't involve overloading the subject
text.
Would it not be better to use an email header to flag the source, then
those that want can use their mail reader to file in suitable places.
(I currently crudely filter on 'to' address and 'return-path' to
achieve this)
I'm probably a minority of one though :-)
Please explain how that flag will enable sorting on mail list, as I
mentioned earlier? With a list name in the subject, sorting the mail
I didn't say it would. Sorting by subject is something of a red herring
- the fundamental idea is to separate emails belonging to the particular
mail list. Sorting on a tagged subject is just one - suboptimum - way to
achieve that.
list by subject results in all list messages grouped together. Also, in
this day & age, is display space really an issue. Sure, I could filter
yes.
into different folders, but that's is not the way I want to read the
vast majority of mail I read.
That's fine, and thank you for your openness. But is it proper to expect
the rest of the world to change to accommodate your wants as opposed to
your needs?
I think we're getting to the nub of the issue here! What are the /needs/
as opposed to the /wants/? And what is the best way of fulfilling some
people's needs without compromising unduly the those of rest of us?
--
Mike Scott
Harlow, Essex, England
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