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[nycphp-talk] Keeping posts ON TOPIC unless clearly marked with [OT] at start of subject line

Josh McCormack joshmccormack at travelersdiary.com
Sat Sep 11 10:03:01 EDT 2004


I don't think we need to all use only gmail. And sometimes the subject 
changes, so people change the subject line.

Josh

Brian O'Connor wrote:

> I completely agree.  I came home from school today, checked my E-Mail,
> and there was about 5 different replies to one original thread all
> marked with different [OT] tags, meaning they did not properly log
> into the Gmail conversation system.
> 
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> On Sat, 11 Sep 2004 00:27:58 -0400, Jeff Knight <jeff.knight at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>>Should I change my underwear before I post? What if it is clean, but
>>has the wrong day of the week embroidered on the back?
>>
>>Seriosly though, shouldn't offtopic posts just simply go to another list?
>>
>>On Sat, 11 Sep 2004 00:19:47 -0400, inforequest
>>
>>
>><sm11szw02 at sneakemail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>Hi guys.
>>>
>>>I have been documenting the NYPHP lists configuration,  and preparing a
>>>FAQ page on setting Mozilla/Firefox mail filters. If you set your
>>>filters correctly, your inbox stays sorted by list, with [OT] posts in a
>>>subfolder of the list folder.
>>>
>>>The past day or so has seen a large number of OFF TOPIC posts to
>>>NYPHP-Talk (which is fine I guess) but they have been mis-labeled. Some
>>>have properly included [OT] at the start of the subject, but others have
>>>used [ot], _OT_ and  OT .
>>>
>>>In order to keep the list "clean" and manageable, can we please try and
>>>mark your off-topic posts using [OT] at the *start* of the subject line?
>>>
>>>Thanks.   -=john andrews
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>>>
>>
>>
>>--
>>Jeff Knight
>>Jeff.Knight at gmail.com
>>
>>
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>>
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