>How many characters can I use for a unique topic?
 
Sandy,
One answer to your question is that you can only use effectively as
many characters as are likely for a user to remember how to spell/type
correctly.  For example, your samples would not be unique until the
person typed the very last letter, a or b. That's expecting a lot from
a mere human. (TOPICs can be entered to their shortest unique spelling,
so TOPICs Meetings:, Schedules: and Horario: could be typed m:, s: and h:.)
 
You might wish to strive for "How short and memorable can I make my
TOPICs?"
Peter
 
>Date:         Sat, 6 Apr 1996 16:55:25 -0800
>From: Sandy Barnes <[log in to unmask]>
 
>How many characters can I use for a unique topic?  For example can I use
 
>ern-wps-devel-a
>ern-wps-devel-b
 
>and expect it to work?  Is it restricted to eight characters or something
>like that?