Hi I am on many lists. I prefer not to have information describing the list origin in the subject line. I receive messages in digest form. When I open the first (lead in or introductory) Administrative file, I scan the subject lines. The subject line only allows for a limited number of characters. When list administrators choose to include characters (anything but the actual subject of the message) in the subject line not only is it non informative - it 'takes up character spaces used to accurately describe the subject. This is necessary for people who receive hundreds of e-mails a day. We have to be able to screen messages quickly. Screening is done most effectively when the name of the list is omitted allowing the spaces to more accurately describe the 'true' content of the message! -----Original Message----- From: Jacqueline Munch [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 11:15 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: Subject line for NYOSWEGO mailing list This is the only mailing list I'm on that does not identify itself in the subject. I've always wondered why. I have ppprobably deleted many of them not even knowing they were from the Oswego list, since I don't like to open unknown messages. Whoever is responsible for this list should take some action to get that identification in the subject line as a courtesy to all of us. Jacquie

I did not mean to start anything, just explaining to someone why someone else was confused about the message she had received--the original person did not realize the message had come through the NYOSWEGO mail list, and had wondered how this person had gotten her e-mail address. Liz ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lauren" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2003 8:02 AM Subject: RE: Subject line for NYOSWEGO mailing list > Hi I am on many lists. I prefer not to have information describing the list > origin in the subject line. > I receive messages in digest form. When I open the first (lead in or > introductory) Administrative file, I scan the subject lines. The subject line > only allows for a limited number of characters. When list administrators choose > to include characters (anything but the actual subject of the message) in the > subject line not only is it non informative - it 'takes up character spaces used > to accurately describe the subject. This is necessary for people who receive > hundreds of e-mails a day. We have to be able to screen messages quickly. > Screening is done most effectively when the name of the list is omitted allowing > the spaces to more accurately describe the 'true' content of the message! > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Jacqueline Munch [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2003 11:15 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Subject line for NYOSWEGO mailing list > > > This is the only mailing list I'm on that does not identify itself in the > subject. > I've always wondered why. I have ppprobably deleted many of them not even > knowing > they were from the Oswego list, since I don't like to open unknown messages. > Whoever is responsible for this list should take some action to get that > identification in the subject line as a courtesy to all of us. > > Jacquie > > > ==== NYOSWEGO Mailing List ==== > Northern New York History and Genealogy > www.nnygenealogy.com > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > >