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Article #3300Re: Guidelines discussion: RFD
From: Richard M. Hartman
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 18:56
Date: Tue, 10 Nov 1992 18:56
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In article <TRSNYDER.92Nov7231333@queen.mcs.Drexel.edu> trsnyder@mcs.Drexel.edu (Bob Snyder) writes: >>>>>> In article <567@ulogic.UUCP>, hartman@ulogic.UUCP (Richard M. >>>>>> Hartman) writes: > >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? >:-) Well it was only 1/2 serious... Got any better ideas? Perhaps RFD to news.groups and a seperate msg (& header) to affected groups referring them to the "real" discussion thread? -Richard Hartman hartman@ulogic.COM -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- "If we shadows have offended, Think but this and all is mended: That you have but slumbered here, While these visions did appear. And this weak and idle theme, no more yielding but a dream."
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!olivea!sun-barr!cs.utexas.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!saimiri.primate.wisc.edu!ames!decwrl!decwrl!netcomsv!ulogic!hartman From: hartman@ulogic.UUCP (Richard M. Hartman) Newsgroups: news.admin,news.groups Subject: Re: Guidelines discussion: RFD Message-ID: <570@ulogic.UUCP> Date: 10 Nov 92 18:56:22 GMT References: <VPyuTB2w165w@momad.UUCP> <567@ulogic.UUCP> <TRSNYDER.92Nov7231333@queen.mcs.Drexel.edu> Followup-To: news.admin Organization: negligable Lines: 29