Re: [results] Subject prefix ... was Re: this list
Ed Orcutt (edo@eosys.com)
Thu, 28 May 1998 22:57:40 -1000
Aloha!
The results of the vote have been counted:
YES: 13
NO: 16
Thus, no subject prefix will be added. Thank you for taking
the time to offer your opinion on this issue.
Now, back to our regularly scheduled program ... AS
-later, edo
>> Here's what Ed Orcutt said:
> Aloha!
>
> Before this gets out of hand let me point out that this topic was
> raised, discussed, voted on and decided roughly one year ago. Here
> is the beginning of the thread in the mailing list archives:
>
> http://wormhole.eosys.com:/mail-archives/afterstep/9705/msg00221.html
>
> My opinion: This list is for the membership of the list. If the
> majority (vocal majority) want a subject prefix I will add it,
> likewise if the majority (vocal majority) do not want a prefix,
> then we don't have one. There are arguments on both sides of this
> issue. I've heard most of them several times over.
>
> My proposal: Let's discontinue this thread on the mailing list.
> Send your vote directly to edo@afterstep.org with the subject
> "AfterStep Subject Prefix: " with a "YES" or "NO". I will tally
> the votes next week, publish the results to this list and take
> the appropriate action. Sound reasonable?
>
> Summary: Email you vote today ...
>
> If you want to have a subject prefix:
>
> To: edo@afterstep.org
> Subject: AfterStep Subject Prefix: YES
>
> If you do not want to have a subject prefix:
>
> To: edo@afterstep.org
> Subject: AfterStep Subject Prefix: NO
>
> Until next week ...
>
> -later, edo
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>
> >> Here's what David Mihm said:
> >
> > 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
wi
> th
> > > > titles like 'Installation Hell', etc. In addition to being the head
> > > > developer for TurboLinux, I also answer all the tech-support email fr
om
> > > > 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
) a
> dd
> > > > 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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