On Thursday 16 November 2006 3:32 am, Sandy wrote: > Clytie Siddall wrote: > > Hi everyone :) > > > > I've only just joined this list, and I'm finding it very > > time-consuming to work through the deluge of posts everyday. I'm > > interested in specific topics, as most likely everyone is. Email > > subject lines are usually not very specific. > > > > How about using subject tags? Then users could filter by topic, or we > > could even use the list software to filter the mail we receive from > > the list, by topic. For example, you might not want to see anything > > that's specifically about an operating system you don't use. > > > > This is the first really busy list I've seen that doesn't use subject > > tags, and I would recommend it. It certainly works for other very busy > > lists that handle a wide range of interests. > > > > I would suggest, firstly, that we have tags for the different systems, > > since most people are interested in mails dealing with their own > > operating system, and secondly, that we have tags for the different > > components and versions of OOo, and thirdly, for common issues like > > install, open/save, international, printing, spellcheck, display, > > forms, templates, other, etc. > > > > So we could go from a lot of very vague subject lines to at least some > > filtering, and with accurate use, subject lines like: > > > > MAC INSTALL DISPLAY 2.0.4 Opening shows screenshot and dies > > > > WRITER INTERNATIONAL 2.1 Feature to highlight diacritics? > > > > DEBIAN PRINT CALC 2.0.3 Can't print spreadsheets anymore > > > > It would certainly make it easier to sort through the mass of mail on > > this list. :) > > > > from Clytie (vi-VN, Vietnamese free-software translation team / nhóm > > Việt hóa phần mềm tự do) > > http://groups-beta.google.com/group/vi-VN > > Excellent ideas. I hope they reach someone who can and will do something. > > I thought I had this licked until my filters eliminated a couple of > newsletters with specified terms in the subject header. For now, I > simply delete anything that gets through the remaining filters and looks > to be of no interest or undeserving of help.
I belong to several high volume lists that work exactly like that and like it very much. The problem here is that most of the posts have to do with very simple things. Things that reading the manual would solve without a post. My opinion is that even if we start using tags only the poeple who read the manual ie the people answering the questions would use them. Every week we see a couple hundred posts from people who don't even realize this is a list. They can't even read the page that gave them the address top post to, which is most likely the page that would explain how to use tags. While a good idea somehow I just don't think it would work.. Fred --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
