NEW posts to the list - List archive health - please :-)

Marc De Roover omnis1 at arcict.com
Mon Jan 29 16:55:55 EST 2018


You could also create an entrance in you address book :-)

ex: OmnisList <omnisdev-en at lists.omnis-dev.com>

Thanks to Nick for the hint

Marc


On 29 Jan 2018, at 13:12, Marc De Roover wrote:

> Dear fellow Omnis (list)users,
>
> In the last week I noticed that many new posts have been started by 
> replying to a post and just changing the Subject.
> For users using a mail client which is relying on the thread-ID’s to 
> sort out the thread-order ( ex: MailMate ) this leads to reaaaally 
> long threads and confusion, CONFUSION, . . . ( didn’t I see a mail 
> about , . . . )
>
> example: An’s  - Omnis 8.1.3  64bit with Frontbasedam has been 
> forked for at least 13 subjects 69 mails ( an evil laughter emerges 
> from the darkside of the list ) and counting.
>
> For those having problems remembering the lists mail address ( like 
> myself ):
> "omnisdev-en at lists.omnis-dev.com>
> OR: click >  mailto:omnisdev-en at lists.omnis-dev.com
>
> OR ... you can simply copy it from a posting ;-) and past it in my NEW 
> mail !!! ( quite high tech isn’t it :-) )
>
>
> I feel this will not only help us, list readers, to better 
> follow/respond to the messages, but also improve the quality of our so 
> beloved list-archive and contain the darkside.
>
> For those interested on learning more on “thread-ID”: I refer to 
> post with subject: OT Omni-li(s)t-iquette - new post to the list
>
> Many thanks in advance,
>
>
>
> Marc
>
> PS: @ the LIST-MOMS: what about to put a 
> “start_a_new_thread_mail_to”-link ( like the above mail_to ) at 
> the bottom of each post.
> 	a overhead which makes life sooooo much easier
>
> 	
>
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