Re: list administrivia

["Ken Keith" <ken.keith@specialdevices.com>]

c a l i b a n <caliban@sharon.net> wrote:
> 
>  thank you, everyone, for all the advice on how to
>  use my mailer and my filters.  fortunately, my
>  ten years on the internet have made me an expert
>  at both.  this isn't really abou;how to use my
>  tools better, rather about conforming to standard.
> 
>  the [q] (or thereabouts) in the subject field is
>  a simple convention that make sit *that* much easier 
>  to parse and manage list information, for some of 
>  us.  and it's an incredibly common convention.
>  if everyone wants to resist it, fine, i don't 
>  understand, but fine.  no worries.

What email program are you using?  I find it surprising that you are restricted 
to sorting by the subject, and can't sort by the sender.  All the email 
programs I've used have had the ability to sort by any of the header fields.

I don't understand why you don't understand.  I'm on like 5 or 6 other lists, 
as well as multiple email notification services, and none of them follow your 
convention.

Surely it's your email program that is limiting you, because ten years is 
almost long enough know how to set it up to sort by the 'from' field (if the 
software supports it).

BTW, what's the story with the pictures of those people hacking up that dead 
body and playing with the parts on your website?  Weird stuff.

Later,

Ken