If you don't use the [PIC]: tag, expect some people who're filtering out
everything BUT the [PIC]: tag, to not see your post, and the
autoresponder (looks like I'll be doing that!) to harass you for posting
without an appropriate tag.  (this post, for example, would get ME
harassed, All by itself isn't a valid tag, should be [All]: instead.)

All tags need a colon after them, and include square brackets.

The tags let us filter for non-digest, non-index people, at the list
server - we Admins have to stay open on all topics, of course - Someone
who's paying $$$ per day for their e-mail because the only internet
access they have is DirecPC with a cell phone call-in, or has only the
option of a 9600 baud, long distance radio modem connection in Ghana
that costs too much, can cut down on their PICList e-mails thus their
expenses.  My brother once was stuck paying too much once (only ISP he
could reach was long distance!), unfair to stick people with messages
they don't want, so we've set up filtering.

  Mark

Ries van Twisk wrote:
>
> This is what I would do.
>
> Just leave the tags as the are, don't invent to many tags.
> [PIC] Is really not necesarry. But is mostly software related. No tag
> simple means it's PIC related. This is the lists name right? This
> includes wachdog setup, RS232 setup PID software design. etc.
> etc.
>
> [EE] is for Electronic stuff directly related to PIC. This includes
> power supply problems, capicators, board design etc. etc.
> hardware PID setup and design.
>
> [OT] is just way offtopic like How to draw a line in VB. :-) If you
> need to know how to draw a line on a LCD screen, it just's belongs
> to PIC ofcourse. Need a multi tasking kernel? Just as it to [PIC].
>
> the PIC-list for me is
> 1) Software [PIC] or nothing
> 2) Hardware [EE] or nothing
> 3) Other stuff [OT]
>
> But mosty it's commen cense!
>
> Filtering is UP TO TO CLIENT, NOT TO THE LIST SERVICE!!!!!!
> Nowday's every system has a way for filtering e-mail. For unix use
> procmail, for windows use outlook, p-mail or all those other clients.
> A tag siply makes it easy to filter out stuff. Creating many tags is
> just confusing.
>
> If we really want to set a filter on the server side I would deside this:
> 1) If the server finds a tag, a reply will send to the sender.
> 2) If the server does not find a tag, a reply is send to the list.
>
> Ries

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