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[nycphp-talk] Keeping posts ON TOPIC unless clearly marked with [OT] at start of subject line

Joseph Crawford codebowl at gmail.com
Sat Sep 11 07:10:24 EDT 2004


Brian,

i completely agree, the threading in gmail is a nice feature and if
all messages kept the same format it would be nice ;)


On Sat, 11 Sep 2004 01:00:16 -0400, Brian O'Connor <gatzby3jr at gmail.com> wrote:
> I completely agree.  I came home from school today, checked my E-Mail,
> and there was about 5 different replies to one original thread all
> marked with different [OT] tags, meaning they did not properly log
> into the Gmail conversation system.
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Sat, 11 Sep 2004 00:27:58 -0400, Jeff Knight <jeff.knight at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Should I change my underwear before I post? What if it is clean, but
> > has the wrong day of the week embroidered on the back?
> >
> > Seriosly though, shouldn't offtopic posts just simply go to another list?
> >
> > On Sat, 11 Sep 2004 00:19:47 -0400, inforequest
> >
> >
> > <sm11szw02 at sneakemail.com> wrote:
> > > Hi guys.
> > >
> > > I have been documenting the NYPHP lists configuration,  and preparing a
> > > FAQ page on setting Mozilla/Firefox mail filters. If you set your
> > > filters correctly, your inbox stays sorted by list, with [OT] posts in a
> > > subfolder of the list folder.
> > >
> > > The past day or so has seen a large number of OFF TOPIC posts to
> > > NYPHP-Talk (which is fine I guess) but they have been mis-labeled. Some
> > > have properly included [OT] at the start of the subject, but others have
> > > used [ot], _OT_ and  OT .
> > >
> > > In order to keep the list "clean" and manageable, can we please try and
> > > mark your off-topic posts using [OT] at the *start* of the subject line?
> > >
> > > Thanks.   -=john andrews
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> >
> > --
> > Jeff Knight
> > Jeff.Knight at gmail.com
> >
> >
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> 
> 
> --
> Brian O'Connor
> 
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