Hrm.
Be that as it may, rpjday makes a good point. Many of us do get gobs of mail,
and many of us are IT service types who get random mail from users all the
time. A blank or nondescript subject line from the list looks just like same
from a user. One I can ignore or put off; the other I must attend to at my
peril. When every minute of my day is precious, the time spent weeding the
mail spool adds up.
OTOH, asking The List to modify its behavior is a little like standing out on
the sidewalk and making similar requests of The World. Most of them won't
hear you. Some aren't here yet. Many are about to leave.
Bah. Subject lines are good. Please use them. This thread shall repeat
once every 1-2 months until further notice. ;)
-m
On Mon, Sep 18, 2000 at 06:28:51PM -0500, Nic Steussy wrote:
> Per the topic, subject line says it all.
>
> duke out
>
> rpjday wrote:
> >
> > i know, for sure, that i'm going to get flamed for this, but
> > for cripes' sakes, will some of you please use subject lines that
> > actually mean something?
> >
> > i get 100-200 emails a day, almost all technically-oriented,
> > and i like to cull them quickly based on subject. so it's
> > bloody annoying when people are clueless enough to post with
> > subject fields like "PLEASE HELP!!" or "curiosity" or "newbie
> > question." all of which are taken from recent history.
> >
> > smarten up. if you can't take the five seconds or so to come
> > up with a useful subject, go back to using windows.
> >
> > rday
> >
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