Proper Use of Subject Lines

David Stockhoff · 21 May 2010, 12:19 · from 2010-May.txt.gz

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From: dstockhoff at verizon.net (David Stockhoff)
Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 08:19:53 -0400
Subject: (urth) Proper Use of Subject Lines
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Yes. Is it too much to ask that the subject line be used as intended to promote efficiency of communication and discussion? It has nothing to do with the value of a particular message or discussion.

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Message: 8
Date: Thu, 20 May 2010 23:59:16 -0400
From: John Watkins <john.watkins04 at gmail.com>
To: The Urth Mailing List <urth at lists.urth.net>
Subject: Re: (urth) Gene Wolfe
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I have to agree.

On Thu, May 20, 2010 at 11:49 PM, Craig Brewer <cnbrewer at yahoo.com> wrote:


> Talk about whatever you want. I don't even care if it ends up in my
> mailbox. I just want to know if I can delete it without having to read it
> first. I like to think that emails from a Gene Wolfe mailing list with
> "Wolfe" in the subject line might actually be about Wolfe rather than
> someone's own personal theology and other peoples' arguments about it.
>
>

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