From: felix@crowfix.com
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] proper subject lines
Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2008 12:23:09 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20080713192309.GA17928@crowfix.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <875732.34479.qm@web31706.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
On Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 10:40:08AM -0700, maxim wexler wrote:
> I would like to raise my voice against the use of overly long subject lines that run out of space on the line provided.
>
> Complete sentences are not necessary. A few, well chosen words should suffice and spare the user the nuisance of opening mail that ultimately is of no value to him.
Under what circumstances does too much info hurt? It's not like a PhD
thesis, it's just, say, 10 words instead of 2 or 3.
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Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-07-13 17:40 [gentoo-user] proper subject lines maxim wexler
2008-07-13 18:32 ` Volker Armin Hemmann
2008-07-13 18:44 ` Dale
2008-07-13 20:17 ` b.n.
2008-07-15 18:13 ` maxim wexler
2008-07-13 19:23 ` felix [this message]
2008-07-13 19:40 ` Neil Bothwick
2008-07-13 20:18 ` [gentoo-user] OK Mick
2008-07-13 21:36 ` [gentoo-user] Re: K Chris Walters
2008-07-14 17:11 ` [gentoo-user] OK Alan McKinnon
2008-07-14 18:14 ` Willie Wong
2008-07-20 16:54 ` [gentoo-user] proper subject lines Mick
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