2008/1/3, Leach, William R <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > I too recognize that this is an all volunteer list and I presume that > the moderators are also not paid for their services on the list. > > However, I agree with Marco and will add an additional reason why having > poor to useless subject lines is unfortunate. > > While my own computer experience ranges over 40 years, my experience > with office software is much more limited. While I HAVE asked for help > here from time to time (and many thanks to the individuals that have > provided such excellent assistance) most of the time I try to learn what > I need from reading questions and answers provided in the postings of > others. Of course I look at the subject lines to determine if I should > bother to scan the message or not. > > Since I receive the list via digest mode, I get LOTS of messages that > have essentially no subject line. > > Again I respect that the moderators are busy people but please when you > scan a message try to ensure that the subject line gives some hint as to > what the message is about. > > Bill Leach
Have to agree with Marco and Bill that subject lines of the type «[users] [moderated]» and «[users] [moderated] YOU MUST GIVE A SUMMARY HERE» are singularly unhelpful. What would be lost by instead writing in subjects that summarised the matter discussed in the text ?... Henri
