Hello Allie,
Saturday, January 08, 2000, 4:58:38 AM, you wrote:
AM> On Sat, 8 Jan 2000 00:49:02 -0800, Steve Lamb wrote:
>>> It's one thing to have a popup message appear only when you
>>> failed to do something rather than have it appear anytime you wish to
>>> do something. IOW comparing the popup message for deletions that has to
>>> be dealt with upon every delete operation to a popup message for an
>>> empty subject line is not fair.
>> Not every delete operation, just operations that the programmer has
>> deemed "dubious."
AM> This means that you'll see the delete confirmation whenever you
AM> wish to do a delete operation deemed 'dubious'. Still in contrast to a
AM> popup message that appears *only* when you fail to do the right thing. :)
AM> Perhaps I should say 'fail to do what you should' rather than the
AM> right thing because I know of no rule where you must include a subject.
AM> Netiquette guidelines do say that you should:
AM> http://www.albion.com/netiquette/book/0963702513p48.html
AM> <quote> "When you send an email message, your return address
AM> usually appears automatically. You just need to fill in the "To"
AM> line (with the recipient's email address) and the "Subject" line
AM> (with a clear and concise description of the subject of your
AM> message)." </end quote>
AM> A reminder is not not a foofie from this POV, since it's courteous
AM> to include a subject in 99.9% of instances, you may break threads without
AM> it. I have no problem with it. :)
I have to ad my two cents here, I try to put in a descriptive
subject, the well done subjects get opened first.
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Thanks, John
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