* Ian Clarke <ian at locut.us> [2006-05-03 16:38:25]:

> 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.
> 

I'm using mutt and honestly don't mind/haven't seen any problem.

NextGen$


> 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.
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