From: maxim wexler <blissfix@yahoo.com>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] proper subject lines
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2008 11:13:18 -0700 (PDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <834229.82397.qm@web31708.mail.mud.yahoo.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <200807132032.04963.volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de>
--- On Sun, 7/13/08, Volker Armin Hemmann <volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de> wrote:
> From: Volker Armin Hemmann <volker.armin.hemmann@tu-clausthal.de>
> Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] proper subject lines
> To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
> Date: Sunday, July 13, 2008, 11:32 AM
> 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?
Infant! The toy box is full and some toys are left behind.
>
> >
> > 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?
>
Buffoon! The sentence is telling me nothing because it ain't all there.
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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 [this message]
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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