Two notes and a query from the listowner: 1. MAGNA PECUNIA NUNC!!! was cute, but defeats the purpose of a subject header, which is to help busy people decide what they want to read. So be boring, be courteous, and use a subject header that reflects the content of your message.
2. This also goes for messages that introduce a new topic. Most of us probably do this by replying to a previous message; it's important, though, that when we do so, we change the subject line of the new message. Again, this helps busy people sort their mail. But it also helps you: who knows but that the world's expert on YOUR topic isn't reading your query because it's "disguised" under an old subject heading that he or she got bored with and now deletes on sight? 3. Here's the query: how focused should this group be? Simon's question produced what seemed to me a fruitful discussion, even though it wasn't directly related to Virgil. I'm not sure, though, that a Virgil group is the best place to ask a question about Ovid. Not that an answer can't be had that way, but might there be better places to ask such a question? If so, what are they? I'm not sure about the answer to either question, and invite responses, either to me personally <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> or to this thread. Yours faithfully, David Wilson-Okamura Listowner, Mantovano ----------------------------------------------------------------------- David Wilson-Okamura http://www.virgil.org/chaucer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chaucer: an annotated guide to online resources ----------------------------------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- To leave the Mantovano mailing list at any time, do NOT hit reply. Instead, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message "unsubscribe mantovano" in the body (omitting the quotation marks). You can also unsubscribe at http://virgil.org/mantovano/mantovano.htm#unsub
