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List:       mysql
Subject:    RE: Suggestion
From:       "B. van Ouwerkerk" <bvo () atz ! nl>
Date:       2003-04-22 16:43:48
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That discussion has been beaten till dead too.


B.

At 00:22 23-04-2003 +0800, Aman Jantan wrote:
>How about newsgroup like newsgroup.borland.com? Say it
>newsgroup.mysql.com - just a suggestion.
>
>--- rgds; aman
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Roman Neuhauser [mailto:neuhauser@bellavista.cz]
>Sent: Tuesday, April 22, 2003 7:11 PM
>To: Gavin Nouwens
>Cc: mysql@lists.mysql.com
>Subject: Re: Suggestion
>
># gnouwens@zip.com.au / 2003-04-22 16:24:53 +1000:
> > My apologies for bringing up a suggestion that apparently appears on
> > this list quite often.  That being the case, doesn't it imply that
>it's
> > a feature that a lot of people would appreciate?
>
>     And every time someone comes up with it, there's strong resistance.
>     That being the case, doesn't it imply that it's a feature that a lot
>     of people would hate?
>
> > I did try searching the archives before posting, but when you're
> > searching for "Subject + Header" it returns basically all 160,000
>posts
> > that have been made to the list.
>
>     Then the archive is broken. Try another one, like
>     marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mysql
>
> > Yes, setting up the mail filtering to put it into a separate folder is
> > quite easy, I've already done this for my office computer.  However,
>my
> > initial reason for suggesting this is that I am always away from work
> > and have to check my e-mail on lots of different computers and mail
> > setups, this makes it quite impractical to setup filters each and
> > everytime I want to check e-mail.
>
>     What prevents you from logging into your box and reading your mail
>     on your box from any other one? Or, if that's not practical, burn
>     your MUA's configuration file to a CD, and just load it from there.
>
> > The reason I received from the list administrator for not implementing
> > it, is that it takes up precious space in the subject heading for a
> > description of the thread.  But seriously, how much space do you need?
> > A subject line is supposed to be just that, a *short* description of
>the
> > e-mail, not an indepth explanation.
>
>     Have you ever seen a message from a thread that has crossed a few
>     mailing lists which screw the Subject header?
>
>     Or have you never seen anything like this?
>
>     Re: [MySQL] Ant: [MySQL]: Re: Fwd: Re: Re: Re: [MySQL] real subject
>
>     This is not so rare thing with all those b0rken MUAs out there. are
>     you volunteering to pay their vendors to fix them, and force all
>     users to upgrade?
>
> > For such a high volume list, I think it makes sense to implement a
> > simple [MySQL] to the subject of each e-mail.  I subscribe to around
>ten
> > other tech based mailing lists and every one of them uses a similar
> > feature. It's never seemed to cause any problems there.
>
>     Of the 27 mailing lists I'm subscribed to, 17 munge the Subject
>     header. All I gain is less space for the actual text.
>
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