20 Aug
2008
20 Aug
'08
9:59 a.m.
Marden P. Marshall wrote:
I'm not trying to be a hard ass here, but please
try to look at it from
my perspective. I was looking to buy a DEC PC04, so I sent out a
message with the subject: "WTB: DEC PC04...". So now when I see a
response to that message in my inbox, I'm expecting to open it and read
about buying or selling a DEC PC04.
False assumption, I'm afraid. Don't expect a reply with a specific subject
line to necessarily be anything to do with that subject line, and all's well
with the world :)
Nor do I see
where it is my responsibility to alter the subject line of a message
thread that I originated. That is the responsibility of the person /
persons who redirected the thread.
It's odd, but I've been on lots of mailing lists over the years (along with an
active usenet participant), and I don't remember ever seeing subject lines
changed (and the addition of a "was:" tag) until recent years. I'm not quite
sure when or where it started, although I fell like I saw it around the same
time as 'tagging' mailing list messages with the list name became popular on
most lists (not this one, thankfully - it's a horrible practice)
cheers
Jules