Ronn Blankenship wrote:
>
> At 11:56 AM 10/25/02, Julia Thompson wrote:
> >Erik Reuter wrote:
> > >
> > > Note that JDG's and Jean-Louis' posts had "brin:" in the subject
> > > line. Those messages were being forwarded to David Brin, who asked
> > > not to have any messages sent to him (unless urgent) until after the
> > > election.
> >
> >Actually, JDG has put "brin" in the subject line only once since Dr.
> >Brin last made the request to remove it, and he re-posted soon after
> >asking folks to respond to the version that had "brin" stripped out of
> >the subject line. (Of course, someone else responded to the version
> >that still had "brin" in the subject line, despite the request not to do
> >so.)
> >
> >The post with "brin" in the subject line that Jean-Louis was responding
> >to was posted by The Fool. It just happened to mention JDG in the part
> >that Jean-Louis quoted.
> >
> >Right now, Dr. Brin is on "nomail", so he's not getting the posts. But
> >we really need to watch the subject lines. All of us, myself among the
> >"especially" crowd.
> >
> >Let's practice by taking it out of ALL subject lines until the
> >election. If you're replying to something that had "brin" in the
> >subject line, take it out before you hit send. Thanks!
>
> Dumb question: Is there some special reason DB is busy between now and
> election day? Like, is he running for office or something and some of us
> are unaware of the fact?
I don't think so. I think he's just taking a trip until just about
election time.
Julia
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