Caisson wrote: > > Hello Kelly, > > Creating more-and-more strings to filter on is IMHO not the way to go. > I would suggest a single "mark" with a specification added to it. > > Something like : "[OT]{specification} -" > > This way an all-out filter is easily constructed, but un-filtering > sub-groups like "[OT]Cowtipping -" is feasible too ... :-) > > It's the non-standard use of the [OT] mark ([Way OT] , [Somewhat OT-ish] , > [OT to the max] , etc) that made any kind of filtering impossible :-( > Not all e-mail systems have filtering (e.g. Netscape 3 that I have - if it can let me know). How about a separate list (PICOT?) that those who don't what OT stuff can unsubscribe from. -- Peter Crighton