On 10/3/05, Jim Wagner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> Just as my Subject would indicate I would like to request a change in > >> procedure. > >> > >> PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE (picture: little kid wanting a lollipop) can we > >> make folks put a subject in the message before it gets to this list? > >> Keeping track of what [Moderated] thread you may be interested in is > >> nearly impossible. And, searching for one you know was solved even > >> worse! > >> I would think it would be even better to make them sign up to the > >> list, however, considering the overwhelming desire to help, (so > >> speedy, and frequent that it makes me wonder what, if anything, some > >> of you do for a living besides this list!), that may not be a perfect > >> idea. So, if we could at least have a subject line that gave some > >> clue about the message, that would be wonderful. > >> > > While I agree this would be desirable, the source of these [Moderated] > > messages is the contact page of the OOo website, where the "How to use > > the OOo suite" link is mailto:[email protected] with that subject. I > > guess the expectation was that users would add something to the tag to > > describe their problem, but as we all see that just doesn't happen. The > > issue is that as long as we use a standard mailto link which then opens > > whatever mail client the user has, there's no real way of forcing the > > inclusion of a proper subject. We would need to have a form to build the > > mail for them or something to that effect. > > > > And I'm afraid that even then some would leave the subject blank, not > being sure what to put in.
Not really, as the form could be programmed to prevent that. Paul --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
