Subjects on this list - general request

Subjects on this list - general request

[Robert Blackstone]

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Dear all,
Considering all complaints about the difficulties to find, in the Garden, or in the NTG mail archive,  answers to specific problems, wouldn't it be a good idea to ask everybody to clearly state the subject of their message, preferably starting with the most important keyword, and in particular to avoid (no subject) or [***SPAM***], and similar things as subjects.
Also, if you forgive me,  subjects like "upto current" or "Bug in \column" are not really helpful when on tries to search in the archive for a solution to a specific problem. In the last-mentioned example, wouldn't "\column, Bug in - " or even "\column, Bug in \column" be better? 
More specific subject titles in the mails might save some of us hours of unfruitful searching and lots of teeth grinding.
This is probably not the first request on this topic but, if so, I thought it would do no harm to repeat it.

Thanks in advance.

Best regards,

Robert Blackstone


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Re: Subjects on this list - general request

[Mica Semrick]

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I would agree with the (no subject) or SPAM titles, but if your search tool
can't tell the difference between "\column, Bug in - " - "\column, Bug in
\column" and "Bug in \column" then you probably need to find a new search
tool. I subscribe  to the list in non-digest format, e.g. I get every
email. I used to get it in digest, but I found that made my searching
tougher. I use gmail and have all the list messages skip my inbox and go
directly to a tag. This has helped a ton!

-Mica

On Wed, Mar 20, 2013 at 8:12 AM, Robert Blackstone <
blackstone.robert@gmail.com> wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> Considering all complaints about the difficulties to find, in the Garden,
> or in the NTG mail archive,  answers to specific problems, wouldn't it be
> a good idea to ask everybody to clearly state the subject of their message,
> preferably starting with the most important keyword, and in particular to
> avoid (no subject) or [***SPAM***], and similar things as subjects.
>
> Also, if you forgive me,  subjects like "upto current" or "Bug in \column"
> are not really helpful when on tries to search in the archive for a
> solution to a specific problem. In the last-mentioned example, wouldn't "\column,
> Bug in - " or even "\column, Bug in \column" be better?
>
> More specific subject titles in the mails might save some of us hours of
> unfruitful searching and lots of teeth grinding.
>
> This is probably not the first request on this topic but, if so, I thought
> it would do no harm to repeat it.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>
> Best regards,
>
>
> Robert Blackstone
>
>
>
> ___________________________________________________________________________________
> If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to
> the Wiki!
>
> maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl /
> http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
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>
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>

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Re: Subjects on this list - general request

[Keith J. Schultz]

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Hi Robert,

I see no advantage in your suggestion. just search the subject.

As for the [***Spam***] that is inroduce by mail servers. A user should maybe remove
it to avoid it. But a nuisance, yes, a problem no.

regards
	Keith.

Am 20.03.2013 um 16:12 schrieb Robert Blackstone <blackstone.robert@gmail.com>:

> Dear all,
> Considering all complaints about the difficulties to find, in the Garden, or in the NTG mail archive,  answers to specific problems, wouldn't it be a good idea to ask everybody to clearly state the subject of their message, preferably starting with the most important keyword, and in particular to avoid (no subject) or [***SPAM***], and similar things as subjects.
> Also, if you forgive me,  subjects like "upto current" or "Bug in \column" are not really helpful when on tries to search in the archive for a solution to a specific problem. In the last-mentioned example, wouldn't "\column, Bug in - " or even "\column, Bug in \column" be better? 
> More specific subject titles in the mails might save some of us hours of unfruitful searching and lots of teeth grinding.
> This is probably not the first request on this topic but, if so, I thought it would do no harm to repeat it.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Robert Blackstone
> 
> ___________________________________________________________________________________
> If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki!
> 
> maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context
> webpage  : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net
> archive  : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/
> wiki     : http://contextgarden.net
> ___________________________________________________________________________________


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Re: Subjects on this list - general request

[Robert Blackstone]

On 20 Mar 2013, at 19:46 ,  "Keith J. Schultz" <keithjschultz@web.de> wrote
> 
> I see no advantage in your suggestion. just search the subject.
> 
> As for the [***Spam***] that is inroduce by mail servers. A user should maybe remove
> it to avoid it. But a nuisance, yes, a problem no.
> 
> regards
> 	Keith.

and on 20 Mar 2013, at 19:21 ,  Mica Semrick <paperdigits@gmail.com> wrote
> 
> 
> I would agree with the (no subject) or SPAM titles, but if your search tool
> can't tell the difference between "\column, Bug in - " - "\column, Bug in
> \column" and "Bug in \column" then you probably need to find a new search
> tool. I subscribe  to the list in non-digest format, e.g. I get every
> email. I used to get it in digest, but I found that made my searching
> tougher. I use gmail and have all the list messages skip my inbox and go
> directly to a tag. This has helped a ton!
> 
> -Mica
> 
> Am 20.03.2013 um 16:12 schrieb Robert Blackstone <blackstone.robert@gmail.com>:
> 
>> …. wouldn't it be a good idea to ask everybody to clearly state the subject of their message, preferably starting with the most important keyword, and in particular to avoid (no subject) or [***SPAM***], and similar things as subjects. ...
>>   ..

Hi Mica and Keith,

Thanks for your reaction. It is informative to hear your opninon. 
I did not want to start a discussion -- it was rather a "cri de coeur" born out of frustration -- so I will leave it at this. 

Best regards,

Robert
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