Sun, 23 Jun 1996 07:10:39 -0400
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In a message dated 96-06-22 18:03:48 EDT, Bruce Bachus writes:
> I've read several of the comments with great interest. I opine that
> we should have the option of prepending text to the subject line.
> Granted, a lot of mailers can handle the subject/sender/etc parsing
> and place the mail in appropriate mailboxes. Unfortunately, not all
> mailers are of the same robustness. For the lists I own/manage, I try
> to target the lowest common denominator wrt user capabilities (eg
> user knowledge and mail s/w at the user end).
I operate four lists currently and I agree with Bruce's opinion that it is
useful to target the lowest common denominator. With 7 million folks now
using AOL (which doesn't have a very sophisticated mailer) it would help to
have a subject line prepend. Although at first glance this may seem
nonsensical, all the subscribers to the four lists I operate are are on all
four list rosters (there is a purpose in this arrangement), and it would help
for them to be able to identify from which list a message is being sent. and
i think that many of them, even if they have sorting capacities as part of
their mail program, may not have the sophistication to use the feature.
John Roraback - [log in to unmask]
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