Labelling the subject in some simple way would not only help people like me to eliminate unwanted posts -- but an F: for film would help select the desirable ones as well. If the task becomes too laborious, as it often does, I may sacrifice all and lose valuable exchanges as a result. Is that what you want? Don't you care if your messages are read or not? Many members, Boris for instance, get a lot from PDML and he is a lively contributor -- I don't know where he finds the time. There are others like him. Easy identification of the subject might help them as well.
I suggested a few labels. They are not arbitrary. 'D:' for digital is okay. 'F:' for film would also be good. It would be very easy to type the two characters needed to identify a subject. 'Dig:' would also be okay, but the extra characters might be too much strain. 'Digital' would involve huge effort. But it would be folly to come up with a list of 20 or more different ids. No one would bother, or remember them. But the separation of digital from film would be very useful. I know that P: for processing may not be so good because there is printing to consider. I don't need to be relieved of editing. As I said, if it's too much trouble I just delete the lot. And maybe someone who was looking for information I might have been able to provide loses my input. There are a few little things I know about that can be useful to others sometimes. But it's usually the other way around. I get a lot of invaluable information from PDML. Most recently I found out about a fine scanner. It didn't take me long to realise that there is always someone in the group who knows the answer, or can help find it. And so, anything that makes it easier for others to read your contributions is helpful. Don _______________ Dr E D F Williams http://personal.inet.fi/cool/don.williams Author's Web Site and Photo Gallery See New Pages 'The Cement Company from HELL!' Updated: August 15, 2003 "Oh my God! They've killed Teddy!" ----- Original Message ----- From: "Bob W" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, January 26, 2004 12:15 PM Subject: Re: Lablling messages by topic D: S: F: P: OT: and so on > Hi, > > I think it's a rather naive idea. If people don't change the subject > line, which is written in natural language, what makes you think we > will stick to a system of more or less arbitrary and incomplete codes? > > Why would anybody put themselves to more effort just to relieve you of > the burden of doing your own editing? > > -- > Cheers, > Bob > > > Monday, January 26, 2004, 7:33:02 AM, you wrote: > > > I'm having a hard time eliminating messages about digital. Most of the > > recent ones have subject lines that make identification impossible. While I > > am impressed sometimes by the amount of detail and level of the information > > on digital cameras being passed around I'd rather not have it. A simple D: > > on the subject line would help those non-digital members (and me) who don't > > want that information. I had more than 200 messages in my PDML inbox a few > > days ago and I simply deleted the lot because I was too busy to go through > > them all. I'm sure to have missed something interesting. > > > I suggested D: F: S: and P: the other day in addition to the well known OT: > > but there was no positive response ... only a few facetious remarks. I > > filter *ist, *ist D, ist D, and digital but this no longer does the trick. > > > Don >
