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[nycphp-talk] Keeping posts ON TOPIC unless clearly marked with[OT] at start of subject line

Mark Armendariz nyphp at enobrev.com
Sat Sep 11 07:28:02 EDT 2004


What would really be nice is an 'advanced users' option on most apps that
are essentially db front ends  (search engines/apps, browsers - xhtml is
subset of a data format, email clients, etc), which allowed custom regex.  I
mean regex IS a well documented language.

Mark

> -----Original Message-----
> From: talk-bounces at lists.nyphp.org 
> [mailto:talk-bounces at lists.nyphp.org] On Behalf Of Joseph Crawford
> Sent: Saturday, September 11, 2004 7:10 AM
> To: NYPHP Talk
> Subject: Re: [nycphp-talk] Keeping posts ON TOPIC unless 
> clearly marked with[OT] at start of subject line
> 
> Brian,
> 
> i completely agree, the threading in gmail is a nice feature 
> and if all messages kept the same format it would be nice ;)
> 
> 
> On Sat, 11 Sep 2004 01:00:16 -0400, Brian O'Connor 
> <gatzby3jr at gmail.com> wrote:
> > I completely agree.  I came home from school today, checked 
> my E-Mail, 
> > and there was about 5 different replies to one original thread all 
> > marked with different [OT] tags, meaning they did not properly log 
> > into the Gmail conversation system.
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > On Sat, 11 Sep 2004 00:27:58 -0400, Jeff Knight 
> <jeff.knight at gmail.com> wrote:
> > > Should I change my underwear before I post? What if it is 
> clean, but 
> > > has the wrong day of the week embroidered on the back?
> > >
> > > Seriosly though, shouldn't offtopic posts just simply go 
> to another list?
> > >
> > > On Sat, 11 Sep 2004 00:19:47 -0400, inforequest
> > >
> > >
> > > <sm11szw02 at sneakemail.com> wrote:
> > > > Hi guys.
> > > >
> > > > I have been documenting the NYPHP lists configuration,  and 
> > > > preparing a FAQ page on setting Mozilla/Firefox mail 
> filters. If 
> > > > you set your filters correctly, your inbox stays sorted 
> by list, 
> > > > with [OT] posts in a subfolder of the list folder.
> > > >
> > > > The past day or so has seen a large number of OFF TOPIC 
> posts to 
> > > > NYPHP-Talk (which is fine I guess) but they have been 
> mis-labeled. 
> > > > Some have properly included [OT] at the start of the 
> subject, but 
> > > > others have used [ot], _OT_ and  OT .
> > > >
> > > > In order to keep the list "clean" and manageable, can we please 
> > > > try and mark your off-topic posts using [OT] at the 
> *start* of the subject line?
> > > >
> > > > Thanks.   -=john andrews
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> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Jeff Knight
> > > Jeff.Knight at gmail.com
> > >
> > >
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> > 
> > 
> > --
> > Brian O'Connor
> > 
> > 
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> > 
> 
> 
> 
> --
> Joseph Crawford Jr.
> Codebowl Solutions
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