Subject: Re: Subject lines
Date: Aug 17 10:34:30 1995
From: Tom Bruhns - tomb at hplsnb.lsid.hp.com


Hi Tweets,

There have been a lot of messages coming through this list lately. Some
of us just don't have time to read every message, and it's really
helpful to have a subject line that actually reflects the topic of the
message. That makes it a lot easier to skip the things we aren't
directly interested in. So...my request: If you post a reply that is
drifting off the original subject, please change the subject line! And
in general, please dream up a subject that reflects the topic you are
actually covering. Can you imagine reading a newspaper where nearly
every headline said, "Whooping Crane Viewing," and you found that
nothing at all was said about Whooping Cranes in any of the articles?

There are two sides to the coin if the subject line is inaccurate: I
may waste time on articles that don't interest me and end up with no
time to spend on the things that do interest me, and I may miss looking
at articles that are intesesting and that I could perhaps help with.

Thanks in advance to all.

Cheers,
Tom Bruhns
Everett/Mukilteo/Lake Stevens
tomb at lsid.hp.com