>>>>> "Adaikalavan" == Adaikalavan Ramasamy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>>>> on Fri, 20 Aug 2004 15:33:57 +0100 writes:
Adaikalavan> How about those e-mail which specify the Adaikalavan> problem in the subject line only or does not Adaikalavan> use a subject line at all. Adaikalavan> Is it practicable and desirable to simply Adaikalavan> bounce back an e-mail to the sender with a Adaikalavan> message to read the posting guide if either the Adaikalavan> subject line is empty or body is empty. Or this Adaikalavan> simply rude ? This has crossed my mind more than once, however (independent of etiquette/rudeness), we do stick to our policy as to not bounce back anything in almost all cases : If you start bouncing to another mail machine which likes to do so as well, you quickly get into high-speed Ping-Pong ... ;-) Martin Adaikalavan> On Fri, 2004-08-20 at 14:52, Martin Maechler wrote: >> Hi Kevin, >> {and R-help readers: Kevin's (privatae) question is a quite >> relevant one to this sidetrack topic of "mailing list netiquette"} >> >> >>>>> "Kevin" == Kevin Wang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >>>>> on Fri, 20 Aug 2004 22:37:39 +1000 (EST) writes: >> Kevin> Just out of interest, what about those posts with (no Kevin> subject) as the subject? Sometimes I would change Kevin> the subject so it fits the body...is it recommended? >> >> yes, I'd recommend it --- IFF --- your e-mail system is good >> enough to set / augment the (usually invisible) headers >> "References:" and "In-Reply-To:". >> >> AFAIK, by official standards, these are used for threading >> (if available) rather than the subjects. >> >> Martin >> Kevin> On Fri, 20 Aug 2004, Martin Maechler wrote: >> >> >> Dear S, >> >> >> >> when posting something to R-help or bioconductor, >> >> please do *NOT* reply to an existing message and add a new >> >> subject!!! {it breaks threads for most e-mail system that use >> >> threads, including the threaded archives, see, e.g. >> >> https://stat.ethz.ch/pipermail/bioconductor/2004-August/thread.html ______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list https://stat.ethz.ch/mailman/listinfo/r-help PLEASE do read the posting guide! http://www.R-project.org/posting-guide.html