From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([69.77.167.62] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1KI81b-0006gl-4I for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Sun, 13 Jul 2008 20:18:27 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 66D65E04A7; Sun, 13 Jul 2008 20:18:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: from fk-out-0910.google.com (fk-out-0910.google.com [209.85.128.185]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2727DE04A7 for ; Sun, 13 Jul 2008 20:18:25 +0000 (UTC) Received: by fk-out-0910.google.com with SMTP id 18so2489097fks.2 for ; Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:18:24 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:from:reply-to:to:subject:date :user-agent:references:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:message-id; bh=+fxa6mevm/gSxMo1iVeE2pvU+tzUvJdrv2xg1jX1kw4=; b=f/Ahu5xt9kVSg6Egz7mychQDTa1WxoU2SEiYWHvbHDTBALI2appaEoI0amnbOiW6Lj FbQICdJRxbIoiIaRdW5NgETtyWqiMp/NRF+HPTYkbq+SYi5N7HxLsS4gBgYZMyC2FgMX 6K3HFoHoGepeU3I7epTfXx9JvXH8u2A3QrXzw= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=from:reply-to:to:subject:date:user-agent:references:in-reply-to :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:message-id; b=TNiUMbt+kU/KkXZM9xI4yEMWoDsCk/mtHtK2YpzF3HhdjKu+K/S80L4FxEXcN//X4W 4qPtNDRHvPGUeIg5aXXow5cGPdAVoceq+dkGVgaT4rJm1rlTnB94oG7gP7DyURkFJm7L SEHiq/GSfY6dzenDlE23qkX7/LgvY6z3YGmvk= Received: by 10.86.33.10 with SMTP id g10mr13276493fgg.29.1215980304448; Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:18:24 -0700 (PDT) Received: from lappy.study ( [212.159.46.48]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id d4sm5726639fga.8.2008.07.13.13.18.22 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:18:23 -0700 (PDT) From: Mick To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] OK Date: Sun, 13 Jul 2008 21:18:18 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.9 References: <875732.34479.qm@web31706.mail.mud.yahoo.com> <20080713192309.GA17928@crowfix.com> In-Reply-To: <20080713192309.GA17928@crowfix.com> Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart1391148.drBdvIuCKr"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200807132118.21261.michaelkintzios@gmail.com> X-Archives-Salt: ac9df1bb-7c54-4469-9c88-061dbc2cd5ec X-Archives-Hash: 1884fb843515561cf64a323d51c1a816 --nextPart1391148.drBdvIuCKr Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Sunday 13 July 2008, felix@crowfix.com wrote: > 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. Sorry! Couldn't resist. ;-)=20 I had a guy working for me who used to write the whole bl**dy email in the= =20 frigging Subject: field! Arrrrgh! When I asked him why didn't he use the= =20 body of the message like 'normal' people do, he argued that he intended=20 saving me the time of opening the message to read it. Sometimes you just=20 can't win. Anyway, as others asked - how long is too long for this purpose? =2D-=20 Regards, Mick --nextPart1391148.drBdvIuCKr Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (GNU/Linux) iEYEABECAAYFAkh6Yw0ACgkQ5Fp0QerLYPdhTACdEzg8k4RfILN7lrC81oI9Rmxg U5UAnRecWQa2Pv3PUmBjoR21v32l2z08 =Ox41 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart1391148.drBdvIuCKr-- -- gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org mailing list