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Article #3260Re: Guidelines discussion: RFD
From: Bob Snyder
Date: Sun, 08 Nov 1992 04:13
Date: Sun, 08 Nov 1992 04:13
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>>>>> In article <567@ulogic.UUCP>, hartman@ulogic.UUCP (Richard M. >>>>> Hartman) writes: Richard> Is a msg w/ the subject line "RFD: ...." a sufficiently clear Richard> means of notifying a group about a change that may affect Richard> them? The initials RFD, CFV etc are clear to the news admins Richard> in new.groups who have read the guidelines and are watching Richard> for such things. But using INITIALS to try and get the point Richard> across to a bunch of musicians that got on the net to talk Richard> about synthesizers may not be clear. Much better than "Request for Discussion: rec.m". Some newsreaders truncate Subject lines. and generally a subject line "RFD: comp.sillyness reorg" should provoke enough interest to be read. Richard> Should the messages that are posted to the affected groups have Richard> more detailed, unobfuscated "Subject:" lines? e.g. (1/2 :) ) : > Subject: Your news group may be renamed!!! Speak up NOW! So when I go to read news.announce.newgroups, I see how many of these headers? :-) Bob
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!olivea!sun-barr!cs.utexas.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!uwm.edu!spool.mu.edu!agate!stanford.edu!rutgers!netnews.upenn.edu!netnews.noc.drexel.edu!netnews.noc.drexel.edu!trsnyder From: trsnyder@mcs.Drexel.edu (Bob Snyder) Newsgroups: news.admin Subject: Re: Guidelines discussion: RFD Message-ID: <TRSNYDER.92Nov7231333@queen.mcs.Drexel.edu> Date: 8 Nov 92 04:13:33 GMT References: <VPyuTB2w165w@momad.UUCP> <567@ulogic.UUCP> Sender: news@netnews.noc.drexel.edu Organization: Drexel University, Dept. of Math. and Comp. Sci. Lines: 24 In-Reply-To: hartman@ulogic.UUCP's message of 7 Nov 92 19:10:09 GMT