I just tried it, and putting the colon inside the brackets works. Although the knowledge base article doesn't mention it, it seems that if there isn't a space after the colon, OE doesn't remove anything from the subject line. ----- Original Message ----- From: "James Newton, webhost" To: Sent: Saturday, February 15, 2003 8:04 PM Subject: Re: [OT]: missing tags on replies > source= http://www.piclist.com/postbot.asp?id=piclist\2003\02\12\214935a > >
> Mystery resolved: > support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;245199 > > In my humble opinion we should add an extra character in tags with 4 chrs. > eg SX,OT, EE to stop the annoying and chaotic stream of untagged mails. >
> > Oh great... Well, we can change the name of the topics (with difficulty), > but we can't remove the : (lsoft listserv requires it; MIT says they are > going to update to something better "real soon now") > > Can somebody with this version of OE do a quick test and see if it removes > the tag when the colon is *inside* the brackets? e.g. [OT:] rather than > [OT]: It turns out that lsoft deals with that At first glance, that probably > will not help, but you never know what evil lurks in the minds of men... it > might just honor the brackets. > > Any suggestions for the extra character? M for Microshit? S for Stupid? Or > go for broke: [EEmicrosoftsucks]: [OTmicrosoftsucks]: > > Lsoft says it can NOT be a space, comma, equals, plus, or minus. ( ,=+-) > > Other (bad) ideas: remind people to add a comma or space before the tag. > e.g. ,[OT]: > > And just because I love to hear 500 responses and start big arguments, as > long as we have to change the tags anyway, how about canning the brackets? > e.g. ONPIC: ONSXS: ONAVR: TRONS: OTHER: SELLING: BUYING: > > Rather than replying, please click here to vote: > mailto:james@piclist.com?subject=DROP_BRACKETS > mailto:james@piclist.com?subject=KEEP_BRACKETS > > --- > James Newton: PICList.com webmaster, former Admin #3 > mailto:jamesnewton@piclist.com 1-619-652-0593 phone > http://www.piclist.com/member/JMN-EFP-786 > PIC/PICList FAQ: http://www.piclist.com > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList > mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList > mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu -- http://www.piclist.com hint: To leave the PICList mailto:piclist-unsubscribe-request@mitvma.mit.edu