RE: GZG List Code proposal.

>I welcome comments and suggestions.

Most modern mailers can sort out traffic from the
senders address, thus all my FTGZG-L traffic is autofiltered.
I can't be bothered to put GZG: on every post, sorry.
If this can be done by the listserver itself - all well and
good.  

The proposed tags are OK. Any
tag system should be memorable and simple and forgiving

FT
DS2 / DSII
SG2 / SGII
OT (off topic)

There are a list of recognised abbrevs on the FT
FAQ.
Other examples are

[ANNOUNCE]
[OFFICIAL]
[LONG]

Tags are generally in use at moment, but unofficial
and more importantly *optional*. 

If we introduce an OFFICIAL MANDATORY tag system then 
there might be moaning when people forget to use it, or
incorrectly apply it... 

More importantly just use meaningful subject lines and 
*keep the subject line in step with the thread*. Use
*was* to denote the subject line shift if you change it.

Incorrect subject lines and over-quoting are to me the
most annoying manifestations on the list:  

When a thread drifts on to a subject you may be interested 
in but you nuke it unread based on its old subject line.

When a subject line says [LONG] but the followups aren't
long 

--
Tim Jones

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