* discouraging use of `Re: none' subject
@ 1996-09-23 18:27 Jim Meyering
1996-09-24 17:57 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
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From: Jim Meyering @ 1996-09-23 18:27 UTC (permalink / raw)
Hi,
I just replied to a message with no subject (or maybe it really was `none')
and neglected to edit the zero-content Subject: field.
It would be nice if Gnus warned about that, just as it does
when I leave Subject: blank.
Thanks for a great tool!
Jim
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* Re: discouraging use of `Re: none' subject
1996-09-23 18:27 discouraging use of `Re: none' subject Jim Meyering
@ 1996-09-24 17:57 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
1996-09-24 19:19 ` Per Abrahamsen
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From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen @ 1996-09-24 17:57 UTC (permalink / raw)
Jim Meyering <meyering@asic.sc.ti.com> writes:
> I just replied to a message with no subject (or maybe it really was `none')
> and neglected to edit the zero-content Subject: field.
>
> It would be nice if Gnus warned about that, just as it does
> when I leave Subject: blank.
Hm. I don't know. If you're responding to a message with no subject,
I think a "Re: none" subject is appropriate.
--
"Yes. The journey through the human heart
would have to wait until some other time."
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* Re: discouraging use of `Re: none' subject
1996-09-24 17:57 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
@ 1996-09-24 19:19 ` Per Abrahamsen
1996-09-24 19:38 ` luis fernandes
1996-09-25 19:37 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
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From: Per Abrahamsen @ 1996-09-24 19:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@ifi.uio.no> writes:
> Hm. I don't know. If you're responding to a message with no subject,
> I think a "Re: none" subject is appropriate.
Perhaps, but from a purely practical point of view I would appreciate
if Gnus would remind me to add a subject. Here is an extract from a
folder containing my correspondence with a friend who doesn't believe
in subject lines. If I hadn't manually changed the subject lines on
the replies, this listing would have been very non-informative. As
you see, I forgot to do this in the first reply in the last thread.
Having Gnus remind me would be a great help.
OA- [ 8: Peter Juhl ] (none)
O + [ 8: Per Abrahamsen ] Jim Flemming
O [ 11: Peter Juhl ] -||-
OA- [ 10: Peter Juhl ] (none)
O + [ 17: Per Abrahamsen ] Tegnsæt
O [ 11: Peter Juhl ] -||-
OA- [ 8: Peter Juhl ] (none)
O + [ 7: Per Abrahamsen ] Jul & Nytår
OA- [ 7: Peter Juhl ] (none)
O + [ 5: Per Abrahamsen ] Re: none
OA [ 7: Peter Juhl ] -||-
O + [ 4: Per Abrahamsen ] Indent
O [ 6: Peter Juhl ] -||-
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* Re: discouraging use of `Re: none' subject
1996-09-24 19:19 ` Per Abrahamsen
@ 1996-09-24 19:38 ` luis fernandes
1996-09-25 19:37 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
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From: luis fernandes @ 1996-09-24 19:38 UTC (permalink / raw)
>>>>> "abraham" == Per Abrahamsen <abraham@dina.kvl.dk> writes:
> Perhaps, but from a purely practical point of view I would
> appreciate if Gnus would remind me to add a subject.
I would agree with this wholeheartedly. I was asked, by a collegue,
to modify VM on our local system so it complained (refused to send
it) when a subject-less email was being sent (he used to get a lot of
subject-less email from students, so you can just imagine his
mail-box); the argument was that since a non-empty message is being
sent, it's obviously *about* something and therefore there should be
an identifying subject-line.
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* Re: discouraging use of `Re: none' subject
1996-09-24 19:19 ` Per Abrahamsen
1996-09-24 19:38 ` luis fernandes
@ 1996-09-25 19:37 ` Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen
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From: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen @ 1996-09-25 19:37 UTC (permalink / raw)
Per Abrahamsen <abraham@dina.kvl.dk> writes:
> Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen <larsi@ifi.uio.no> writes:
>
> > Hm. I don't know. If you're responding to a message with no subject,
> > I think a "Re: none" subject is appropriate.
>
> Perhaps, but from a purely practical point of view I would appreciate
> if Gnus would remind me to add a subject.
Ok; I've now added this to the todo list.
--
(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
larsi@ifi.uio.no * Lars Ingebrigtsen
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