I think it's using AOL, that horrible abomination... >.< On Mon, Sep 19, 2011 at 10:43 AM, Doug McNutt <[email protected]> wrote: > At 11:54 -0400 9/19/11, [email protected] wrote: >>Virtually every single Yahoo group in existence has an identifier in the >>subject line before the message (and other entities follow that standard as >>well such as google groups) > > That's one reason I detest Yahoo groups. Another is that Yahoo does not > follow the rules when it re-formats messages into quoted printable coding. > > At 11:54 -0400 9/19/11, [email protected] continued: >>What's wrong with an of these: >> >>1. [Vintage Macs] >>2. [Fix Macs] >> >>??? > > 1) They use up useless space in the subject line. Some mail readers truncate > displays on the right when you do. > > 2) There is a better way. > > 3) Adding Re: or an equivalent in another language sometimes comes before the > [xx] and sometimes after and that messes up sorting operations. > > At 11:54 -0400 9/19/11, [email protected] continued: >>[I-S] Digest Number 14375 >>[addoctor2001] Digest Number 36820 >>[MYRLANDsMETHODs] Digest Number 2146 >>[NathanHalePatriotsOfAmerica] Digest Number 3213 > > If you're into sorting mail messages you should not be using digest mode. > > Your message as posted contained this header... > List-ID: <vintage-macs.googlegroups.com> > It's different and doesn't change for essentially all lists these days. > Filter on it! > > Your message also contained this... > Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > You'll find a reference to that in this posting from me. You can also use it > to collect messages relating to a thread. That is unless someone hijacks a > thread by replying to a message and completely changing the subject. > > And, by the way, your message was delivered in HTML format. There were 39 > <DIV> tags which is more than the number of paragraphs in your message. Why > do you do that??? It's far more offensive than adding those [xxx] names.. > > -- > --> On the eighth day, about 6 kiloyears ago, the Lord realized that free > will would make man ask what existed before the Creation. So He installed a > few gigayears of history complete with a big bang and a fossilized record of > evolution. <-- > > -- > ----- > You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. > The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our > netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] > To leave this group, send email to [email protected] > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs > > Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
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