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From: Harry Putnam <reader@newsguy.com>
To: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org
Subject: Re: [Emacs] request: better subject lines
Date: Tue, 02 May 2017 10:34:55 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <86shknxr74.fsf@local.lan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: d009f255-a466-185c-48c5-6eb31f4adbf8@mousecar.com

ken <gebser@mousecar.com> writes:

> On 04/30/2017 11:39 AM, Carlos Konstanski wrote:
>> If you're like me, you get a whole lot of spam. You need to scan the
>> subject lines in your INBOX to decide what's spam and what's ham. If you
>> have to open an email to decide because the subject line is
>> inconclusive, that's bad.
>>
>> The subject lines for this mailing list need to have a [thing] injected
>> so that it's obvious that it is email for this list. Note my example in
>> the subject line of this email. Please?
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>
>> Carlos Konstanski
>>
>
> I agree.  I'm much less likely to delete without reading those emails
> which follow your suggestion.

+.02
+.02 about using gmane as well




  parent reply	other threads:[~2017-05-02 14:34 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2017-04-30 15:39 [GNU-Emacs] request: better subject lines Carlos Konstanski
2017-04-30 16:38 ` Óscar Fuentes
2017-04-30 17:15 ` allan gottlieb
2017-05-01  3:03 ` Emanuel Berg
2017-05-02 12:52 ` [Emacs] " ken
2017-05-02 13:41   ` tomas
2017-05-02 15:12     ` Danny YUE
2017-05-03  8:49       ` tomas
2017-05-03  9:49         ` Danny YUE
2017-05-03 10:26           ` tomas
2017-05-02 17:05     ` ken
2017-05-02 17:32       ` hector
2017-05-02 18:38       ` Bob Proulx
2017-05-03  8:56         ` tomas
2017-05-02 14:34   ` Harry Putnam [this message]
2017-05-02 19:04     ` Emanuel Berg
2017-05-02 20:43 ` [GNU-Emacs] " Bob Proulx
2017-05-03  0:57   ` Emanuel Berg
2017-05-03  5:10     ` Bob Proulx
2017-05-03 12:38       ` Óscar Fuentes
2017-05-03 20:12       ` Emanuel Berg
2017-05-03 23:25         ` Nick Dokos
2017-05-04  1:34           ` Emanuel Berg
2017-05-04 17:02             ` Nick Dokos
2017-05-04 18:29               ` Emanuel Berg
2017-05-04  5:26         ` Marcin Borkowski
2017-05-04  6:55           ` Emanuel Berg
2017-05-04  6:59           ` Emanuel Berg
2017-05-04  2:01       ` Emanuel Berg
2017-05-03  2:34   ` allan gottlieb
2017-05-04 15:40     ` Emanuel Berg

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