Re: Putting important stuff exclusively in the subject [was: is it imminent that bookworm becomes stable?]
hl wrote:
> Thanks! how many users are using mail reader without gui? anyway gui is more
> friendly for many users. i suppose more users use gui. gui can show mail
> body along subject easily. it's waste of time to repeat subject in mail
> body.
>
> it seems impossible to please everyone.
That's right. But mailing lists have conventions that have been worked
out over decades to please lots of users. When someone violates those conventions
unwittingly, someone else will tell them about that.
For folks who persist in violating those conventions, fewer people
will respond, and in particular, people with more experience will be
under-represented in those responses.
-dsr-
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