Re: GZG List Code proposal.

>I've noticed that some people seem to be aggravated when esoteric GZG
>subjects come up on the mailing list. So why don't we have a code for
>the E-Mail subject lines? That way, a quick press of the delete key and
>the irritating, to you, e-mail is gone for good.
>    How about: "GZG" first of all? So, if you're on multiple mailing
>lists you can easily sort out which messages are from which mailing
>list.
 
No thanks. You can filter on the list address for this (I do
as a matter of course; I participate in about 7 different lists
-- though most are not as active as this one!).
 
>    If the e-mail is about a specific game system, then "DSII" or "DS2"
>for Dirtside II, "SG2" or "SGII" for Stargrunt II, "XT" for eXtra
Thrust
>(FTIII?), "EFSB" or "B5" for Earth Force Source Book or Babylon 5 and
>similar.
 
[DS]  [SG]  [FT]  [FT3]  [EFSB]  [B5]
 
Good! Then I can easily dump the B5 and SG stuff, which I'm
not particularly interested in.
 
>    If the e-mail is about future history, we could use Political or
>Organisations or History or Events or just Future History as the case
>may be.
>    Meta questions about, say, the mailing list could be: "List". Much
>like my own subject line.
>    Silly subjects, like Wombles, can have the code: "Off Topic -
>Wombles." or similar.
 
[OT] works well for this.
 
>    Adverts for sites, club, locations, URL, and similar would be:
>"Advert".
 
[AD]
 
>    After these codes would come the description of what the message is
>about.
>
>I welcome comments and suggestions. Here's a water bucket for those hot
>flames! Splash!
 
Ooooh! That felt good!	;-)
 
- Sam

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Samuel Reynolds
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