[CC] Tags are great - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

6 Feb 2000

Actually, folks, the software is -not- so stupid.

What happened was that I put on my -personal- subject: line the string
[ClassicCmp].  Then Jay added first ClassicCMP then [ClassicCmp]; these are
in fact different. Notice:

Re: [ClassicCMP] Re: ClassicCMP Re: [ClassicCmp] Tag requested in Subject

If people had chosen to be observant, they would have noticed -no- other
subject had multiple tags inserted, even when following-up.

This is the way it should be. The linux-usb, bsd-usb, and irda lists all
use tags, and are very helpful.

Again, I don't see what the issue is for inserting [C] or [CC] at the
beginning.

As for this robbing people of 4 characters on the subject: line - gimme a 
break!  

(Or should I pop into flippant mode: what, -you- don't use 132-column
screens to read your email!  How primitive!)   ;-)

-Mike

p.s. For the humor impaired, please note the ;-) on the previous paragraph.

On Sat, 5 Feb 2000, Chuck McManis wrote:

...
  I think Jay has turned them off, at least a couple of
messages further down 
 seem to have them off, but the point is not how long they are, it is that 
 the software is too stupid to see "Re: [ClassicCMP]" and say "gee this 
 thing already has a tag on it, I'll leave it alone." Instead it adds 
 another one, so every reply adds 16 characters to the subject line. Tags 
 are evil.

 --Chuck

 At 06:05 PM 2/5/00 -0800, you wrote:
 >I think just [C] or [CC] would be OK, too.
 >-Mike 