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Re: Please be specific in your subject lines
- To: xsl-list at mulberrytech dot com
- Subject: Re: Please be specific in your subject lines
- From: XSL-List Owner <xsl-list-owner at mulberrytech dot com>
- Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 14:04:03 -0400 (EST)
- References: <F242XfyY0QUUBPcZi71000008b7@hotmail.com>
- Reply-To: xsl-list at mulberrytech dot com
At 23 Aug 2000 16:04 GMT, Sia Rahimi wrote:
> I would like to make a request that, PLEASE start new question threads
> with descriptive subject lines.
>
> Subject lines such as "Please Help", "Problem again"... do not
> help. The problem gets even worse when replies to similar subject lines
> piles up which makes it difficult to follow the thread.
>
> Secondly, non-specific subject lines makes viewing archives difficult.
>
> Thirdly, you may have a better chance of helpful responses.
Correct on all counts. As it says in the information that you
received when you subscribed and in the XSL-List Guidelines that
regularly posted to this list:
Do not begin your subject line with "help" or "subscribe" since the
list software will bounce the message because it looks like is an
administrative request.
Do not use un-informative subject lines like "Urgent", "Easy
question", or "Problem". Instead, use a meaningful subject line
that will make sense to the people whose help you are trying to get.
It is best to start a new message for a new thread. Do not start a
new thread by replying to an unrelated message and just changing
the subject line, since the header of your message will contain
references to the previous message and your new message will appear
in the archive as one of the replies to the original message.
Regards,
Tony Graham
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