On Mon, 3 Jan 2000, Darren King wrote:
> Why Can't you just do this with your E-Mail program?  You know the message

It's brain dead. Pine on a unix box (that way I can read my mail from
anywhere in the world via telnet, and not have to worry about a web cafe's
config, or where my mail got stored).

> is always going to be from PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU

Yes, I realize that.

> Subjects are really trival and there is alot of room for people to mess with
> that.

But they CAN'T mess with the [tag] since the listserver reinserts it if
it's missing.

You guys go to the trouble of putting in [OT], so whats so difficult about
having a [PIC] all the time? I've seen threads on this list which were also
happening on another, at the same time (BCD conversion). Luckily the other
list had a [tag] so that it was easier to tell them apart.

> Just create a filter based on the E-Mail to field.  Eudora can do it.
> Outlook Express can do it.  Put it in its own folder and viola.

MicroSolth OS's. shudder...

I simply mention this because of the 30 odd lists I'm on, this is one of
the very few that -doesn't- supply a subject tag. It makes it much harder
to sort by eye. So what's the objection? Refinement is bad? I'm not the
only one sorting by eye. It's not like you guys USE the full subject line
width, or bother to change them when the topic changes.

Just my 3c worth (2c US).


Robert