Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 13 Feb 2001 03:53:04 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 13 Feb 2001 03:52:54 -0500 Received: from vger.timpanogas.org ([207.109.151.240]:19722 "EHLO vger.timpanogas.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 13 Feb 2001 03:52:47 -0500 Date: Tue, 13 Feb 2001 03:53:13 -0500 (EST) From: "Mike A. Harris" X-X-Sender: To: Mike Harrold cc: Lars Marowsky-Bree , Subject: Re: [LK] Re: lkml subject line In-Reply-To: <200102121717.MAA18139@mah21awu.cas.org> Message-ID: X-Unexpected-Header: The Spanish Inquisition Copyright: Copyright 2001 by Mike A. Harris - All rights reserved MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 12 Feb 2001, Mike Harrold wrote: >> Those would all be your problems and I would suggest using a different account >> for mail then. > >Out of interest, how would that solve anything? So I use an ISP instead. >Then I have to download all my mail to home to read it. Talk about a >total waste of time. > >It's hard enough tracking my mail as it is, let alone having to have another >account just to handle a certain mailing list. 2 words: Your problem. Many have suggested solutions, but you're playing the "I don't care, I want it my way and I don't care what you say" game, of which nobody is going to budge on, especially for one single person who is being unreasonable. >> This discussion happens on every mailing list occasionally, and it is just a >> generally bad idea, period. > >I disagree, and while I may be in the minority on this list, I am certainly >not in the minority across the board, given that virtually every mailing list >I am subscribed to DOES prepend a tag to the subject line. Which is retarded. The subject line is for the subject. Other headers exist for letting one know where they came from. >> Especially for a list which is as often crossposted to as lk. > >This I can buy. But it is, IMHO, the only valid argument against doing so. Exactly IYHO. Nobody else - at least nobody that matters agrees with you. >> Can we now move on? > >Of course. Wouldn't want to interrupt our regular traffic for too long :) Why not. Might as well get it all out now, it has been at least 6 months since this topic came up. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike A. Harris - Linux advocate - Free Software advocate This message is copyright 2001, all rights reserved. Views expressed are my own, not necessarily shared by my employer. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Looking for Linux software? http://freshmeat.net http://www.rpmfind.net http://filewatcher.org http://www.coldstorage.org http://sourceforge.net - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/