Re: Putting some prefix to the mailing-list mails?

[Chris Green <chris areti co uk>]

On Mon, Nov 01, 2004 at 12:21:59PM +0100, Ulf Lamping wrote:
> Chris Green wrote:
>
> > It also wastes a considerable amount of the space which is otherwise
> > dedicated to the actual subject.  
> Hmmm, do you really think that [dia] would really be an amount in the 
> subject line to think about?
[dia] is quite short, yes, but as a general solution to the problem I
don't personally think it's a good idea.  On some other lists I
subscribe to which have much longer names it often obscures much of
the subject for me.


> Just wanted to mention that a lot of other mailing lists doing it that 
> way, so it might be a good common practice.
The fact that lots of people do something doesn't necessarily make it
right!  :-)

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Chris Green (chris areti co uk)

    "Never ascribe to malice, that which can be explained by incompetence."