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From: Volker Armin Hemmann <volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] proper subject lines
Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2008 20:32:04 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200807132032.04963.volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <875732.34479.qm@web31706.mail.mud.yahoo.com>

On Sonntag, 13. Juli 2008, maxim wexler wrote:
> Hi group,
>
> I would like to raise my voice against the use of overly long subject lines
> that run out of space on the line provided.

what is 'overly long' and what space are you talking about?

>
> 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.

so you are opening mails if the subject is a sentence no matter what the 
sentence is telling you?

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  reply	other threads:[~2008-07-13 18:32 UTC|newest]

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 [this message]
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
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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