On Mon, 24 Jun 2002, Marc Wilson wrote: > On Mon, Jun 24, 2002 at 12:30:27PM -0400, Thomas Good wrote: > > Why have we no subject prefix on postings, ala "[Debian Users]" > > to use for sorting... ??? > > Because it's (a) intrusive, (b) annoying, and (c) not necessary. Here's a
I don't want to start a holy war... But "Intrusive" ? - that may be slightly melodramatic. The subject prefix is widely used by sites running majordomo. One example is PostgreSQL. I've been on several lists there for years and never heard anyone complain about the [SQL] subject prefix (or any other.) Odd. TMTOWTDI, I suppose. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Good e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Programmer/Analyst phone: (+1) 718.818.5528 Residential Services fax: (+1) 718.818.5056 Behavioral Health Services, SVCMC-NY mobile: (+1) 917.282.7359 -- -- SQL Clinic - An Open Source Clinical Record www.sqlclinic.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
