Re: this list

David Mihm (davemann@ionet.net)
Sat, 16 May 1998 13:01:19 -0500 (CDT) 

Bad idea, very bad idea!  When viewing mail in pine remotely from a
server, the addition of [AfterStep] to the Subject will move the rest of
the subject off the console!  It's bad enough when it comes to
[linux-security] - that's just nuts!
You folks need to use procmail and sort your mail, putting them in the
appropriate mail "folders".
Bad idea, Bad idea, Bad idea! :) 

On Sat, 16 May 1998, Gordon Messmer wrote:
> Not a bad idea....Also helpful if I were to sort messages by subject. 
> All of this list's messages end up together.
> 
> Scott Stone wrote:
> > 
> > This list sometimes scares the !@#$ out of me, since many people post with
> > titles like 'Installation Hell', etc.  In addition to being the head
> > developer for TurboLinux, I also answer all the tech-support email from
> > non-Japanese users, so when I see mail with titles like this, I think
> > 'uh-oh, what did I screw up in the installer??' :)
> > 
> > Maybe we could have this list's majordomo daemon (or whatever it uses) add
> > an [AfterStep] to the FRONT of all the subject lines on the list?  It
> > would help me a lot, since I'm also on several other lists...
> 
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