At 11:54 -0400 9/19/11, bigcl...@aol.com wrote: >Virtually every single Yahoo group in existence has an identifier in the >subject line before the message (and other entities follow that standard as >well such as google groups)
That's one reason I detest Yahoo groups. Another is that Yahoo does not follow the rules when it re-formats messages into quoted printable coding. At 11:54 -0400 9/19/11, bigcl...@aol.com continued: >What's wrong with an of these: > >1. [Vintage Macs] >2. [Fix Macs] > >??? 1) They use up useless space in the subject line. Some mail readers truncate displays on the right when you do. 2) There is a better way. 3) Adding Re: or an equivalent in another language sometimes comes before the [xx] and sometimes after and that messes up sorting operations. At 11:54 -0400 9/19/11, bigcl...@aol.com continued: >[I-S] Digest Number 14375 >[addoctor2001] Digest Number 36820 >[MYRLANDsMETHODs] Digest Number 2146 >[NathanHalePatriotsOfAmerica] Digest Number 3213 If you're into sorting mail messages you should not be using digest mode. Your message as posted contained this header... List-ID: <vintage-macs.googlegroups.com> It's different and doesn't change for essentially all lists these days. Filter on it! Your message also contained this... Message-ID: <293ed.4d757527.3ba8b...@aol.com> You'll find a reference to that in this posting from me. You can also use it to collect messages relating to a thread. That is unless someone hijacks a thread by replying to a message and completely changing the subject. And, by the way, your message was delivered in HTML format. There were 39 <DIV> tags which is more than the number of paragraphs in your message. Why do you do that??? It's far more offensive than adding those [xxx] names.. -- --> On the eighth day, about 6 kiloyears ago, the Lord realized that free will would make man ask what existed before the Creation. So He installed a few gigayears of history complete with a big bang and a fossilized record of evolution. <-- -- ----- You received this message because you are a member of the Vintage Macs group. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/vintagemacs.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to vintage-macs@googlegroups.com To leave this group, send email to vintage-macs+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/vintage-macs Support for older Macs: http://lowendmac.com/services/
