Re: [gentoo-user] proper subject lines

2008-07-20 Thread Mick
On Monday 14 July 2008, Willie Wong wrote: > On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 07:11:05PM +0200, Penguin Lover Alan McKinnon squawked: > > On Sunday 13 July 2008, Mick wrote: > > > Anyway, as others asked - how long is too long for this purpose? > > > > for obvious reasons, anything longer than 80 character

Re: [gentoo-user] proper subject lines

2008-07-15 Thread maxim wexler
--- On Sun, 7/13/08, Volker Armin Hemmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Volker Armin Hemmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] proper subject lines > To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org > Date: Sunday, July 13, 2008, 11:32 AM > On Sonntag, 13. Ju

Re: [gentoo-user] proper subject lines

2008-07-13 Thread b.n.
Dale ha scritto: Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: I prefer as much info as possible myself. Sometimes the subject can be one thing but because there is little info in it, it turns out to be something else. Of course, a error message can be really nice too. It's good if you are searching for th

Re: [gentoo-user] proper subject lines

2008-07-13 Thread Neil Bothwick
On Sun, 13 Jul 2008 12:23:09 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > 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. When viewed on a narrow screen and the first few words convey no useful information on their own. I think the

Re: [gentoo-user] proper subject lines

2008-07-13 Thread felix
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 nu

Re: [gentoo-user] proper subject lines

2008-07-13 Thread Dale
Volker Armin Hemmann wrote: 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 senten

Re: [gentoo-user] proper subject lines

2008-07-13 Thread Volker Armin Hemmann
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, wel

[gentoo-user] proper subject lines

2008-07-13 Thread maxim wexler
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. 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.