-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 21 April 2003 11:28, paul cooke wrote:
hear hear... it would have helped enormously if they had used "[OT]" in the subject... I filter those straight into a subfolder for later perusal, and I suspect a lot of other's do likewise.
Unfortunately, you need a human-like AI to determine this because everyone seems to have a different idea as to what the "proper" tag should be: OT OT: [OT] (OT) [at the end of the subject line -- fred miller seems to use this] Off-topic: [yes, I've seen that one used...] and then there is the international bent: what is "off topic" in some other language? [and therefore, what initials are they likely to use?] Of course, as has been pointed out, the HARDEST part is getting someone else to think/realize/act on the fact that what THEY are about to say really is "off topic" for the majority of messages to a given list -- people can be so proud of their posts [I know I am on occaision] that in THEIR mind the message is completely "on track" for the group... - -- Yet another Blog: http://osnut.homelinux.net -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2-rc1-SuSE (GNU/Linux) Comment: http://osnut.homelinux.net/TomEmerson.asc iD8DBQE+pC4fV/YHUqq2SwsRAscdAJ49I7f4QOxoY0/XbkiKocYApTNkUwCgvqEw 2M3BYVXc/nlurc+iWq2MdOo= =CrPT -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----