minor mailing list changes

Joel Adams adams at calvin.edu
Fri Jun 16 13:53:59 EDT 2006


FWIW, I only filter spam, and I'd guess that my filters are probably a 
bit less likely to classify gr-jug messages as spam if the prefix is 
included.

$0.02,

-Joel.

Dave Brondsema wrote:
> Thanks for the feedback, Matt.  Does anyone else like or dislike the
> subject prefix?
> 
> Matthew Carpenter wrote:
> 
>>Just a note on subject prefixes:
>>Some people appreciate them so as to categorize mail and prioritize reading 
>>it, as well as being able to sort by subject, which brings all list mail 
>>together.
>>I have always had JUG mail come directly to my Inbox rather than filtering and 
>>filing it immediately.  Without the subject prefix, I'm more likely to filter 
>>it, which lessens the chance I'll get around to reading it.
>>
>>Just my $0.02.
>>
>>Thanks,
>>Matt
>>
>>
>>On Friday 16 June 2006 09:31, Dave Brondsema wrote:
>>
>>>I've removed some annoyances:
>>> - shorter name (GR-JUG instead of Grand Rapids Java Users Group Mailing
>>>List)
>>> - subject prefix [GR-Jug]
>>> - header prepended to the body of all messages
>>>
>>>I will be working on getting the archives indexed by google.  Until
>>>recently, gr-jug.org had a robots.txt blocking all spiders from all
>>>pages.  I've fixed that, but the list archives still aren't getting
>>>spidered/indexed.
>>
>>
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