Re: [list etiquette] Changing subject lines

[Guest guest]

In a message dated 1/30/05 5:17:30 PM Eastern Standard Time, hl@...

writes:

> One other thought: please change the subject line when you are

> responding to a digest number. Rarely will anyone respond to a

> subject line " Digest #426897397, " for example.

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I agree. About 98% of the time I automatically delete anything labelled

" Digest #such-and-such. " I expect that many others do the same.

Chris

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" What can one say of a soul, of a heart, filled with compassion? It is a

heart which burns with love for every creature: for human beings, birds, and

animals, for serpents and for demons. The thought of them and the sight of them

make the tears of the saint flow. And this immense and intense compassion,

which flows from the heart of the saints, makes them unable to bear the sight of

the smallest, most insignificant wound in any creature. Thus they pray

ceaselessly, with tears, even for animals, for enemies of the truth, and for

those

who do them wrong. "

--Saint Isaac the Syrian

[Guest guest]

> I would suggest that people, for the best identification of

subjects, list

> new subject lines before old ones when changing the subject. This

way, it's

> easier to identify the subject.

>

> Often the end of a subject line will get cut off in some email

browsers. For

> example, the thread " was looking for a gluten-free parasite

cleanser/now coco

> cream " reads " was looking for a gluten-free parasite cleanser/ " in my

> browser, and I don't see the email is about coco cream until I open

the email.

>

> If it was reversed to read " coco cream / was looking for a gluten-free

> parasite cleanser " it would read in my browswer " coco cream / was

looking for a

> gluten-free par " This would allow the current subject to be viewed

and enough of

> the old subject line to tell from what thread the new subject is

derived.

>

> Chris

I agree. This is a big, active group and it can get really confusing

when some sort of consistency isn't followed. has a great

list of " rules " he posts every so often, and I think it's time he

posted again.

One other thought: please change the subject line when you are

responding to a digest number. Rarely will anyone respond to a

subject line " Digest #426897397, " for example. It's always best to

copy and paste the message subject to which you are referring. That

way, those that might know something about the specific topic you are

addressing are alerted more readily.

Thanks,

Deanna

[Guest guest]

> If it was reversed to read " coco cream / was looking for a gluten-free

> parasite cleanser " it would read in my browswer " coco cream / was

looking for a

> gluten-free par " This would allow the current subject to be viewed

and enough of

> the old subject line to tell from what thread the new subject is

derived.

>

>

Thank you. I was befuddled about changing that subj. line to make

fit. Wish I had thought of something that simple.

B.