Piotr Ożarowski wrote: > [Christoph Berg, 2010-06-09] > > > Too few MUAs have a button for "don't bother me about new mail > > in this (sub-)thread". > > I wish all off-topic mails were marked with "OT" tag in the subject, > dovecot moves such mails (including the ones tagged with "VAC") to a > different mailbox for me. > > How about at least sending private replies to all senders who forgot to > tag their mails, just like we do with unwanted CCs?
I know some people are more off-topic than I am, but I never sent a mail marked as off-topic and doubt that I will. Since I never looked at offtopic medias, I'm not in a good position to judge, but I guess few people participate there. I agree with Christoph that offtopicness is relative. I don't expect many people to send mails they'll mark as offtopic. And I don't think sending private complains to people who forgot to mark their mails offtopic will be efficient. Jurij Smakov started a discussion on message voting/scoring/rating: http://lists.debian.org/debian-project/2008/12/msg00089.html Such a system could help coping with offtopic mails. The project: https://alioth.debian.org/projects/mailvoting/ Like others, it could use more manpower... -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-project-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201006280239.06209.chea...@gmail.com
