The point is that there is no point. They take up space without serving any useful purpose. This is a particular problem for those with limited-width mail readers such as Mutt or Pine.
Ian. On 3 May 2006, at 16:17, John C.C.White wrote: > OK. I'll disagree: > > - the list is low-volume > - Subject: headers rarely overflow my (entirely reasonable) space > allocated > - I haven't seen any bogus [freenet-devl] messages (yet). > > Really, what's the point/need? > > -John- > > On May 3, 2006, at 6:47 PM, Ian Clarke wrote: > >> This makes a pretty persuasive argument for ditching the [freenet- >> devl] subject tags on mailing list emails: >> >> http://www.andrew.cmu.edu/user/qralston/writing/tagging-harmful/ >> >> If nobody can come up with a good argument against this, I suggest >> we follow its advice and remove the Subject tags. >> >> Ian. >> _______________________________________________ >> Devl mailing list >> Devl at freenetproject.org >> http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl > > _______________________________________________ > Devl mailing list > Devl at freenetproject.org > http://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl >
