On Monday 03 October 2005 12:48 pm, Paul Smith wrote: > 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.
And the list software could be set to reject messages with a blank subject line (or a subject line with just [moderated]). I think its crazy to think that this is the only list which cannot require membership at best, a subject to say the least! -- See Ya' Howard Coles Jr. John 3:16! --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
