Re: List question

it does but it took me about 30 seconds to set a mail filter in netscape

the cnc+ or something short is a good idea
mike

Gar Willis wrote:

> From: garfield@... (Gar Willis)
>
> On Thu, 17 Jun 1999 01:50:07 -0500, mike grady <mgrady@...> wrote:
>
> >why cant all emc posts have emc at the beginning of the subject
> >so mail filters could be set to move to a different folder
> >for those who don't want to see them or read separately??
>
> That would work, but requires voluntarism from just the opposite folks,
> than are being annoyed by a barnburner. Still, I've seen that used
> effectively to shield tangential stuff from the general listener.
>
> One minute problem, BTW, with making use of this "diplomacy" step, is
> that the current prefix [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] is sooooo bloody long to begin
> with, that adding another further filtering suffix like EMC: just makes
> it even HARDER to read the subject lines in any reasonable length field.
>
> Now that the group's at "cruise altitude", how hard would it be,
> ObieWan, to shorten that some? Maybe to "CNC+" or something short.
>
> Gar
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