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[nycphp-talk] Keeping posts ON TOPIC unless clearly marked with [OT] at start of subject line

Jeff Knight jeff.knight at gmail.com
Sat Sep 11 00:27:58 EDT 2004


Should I change my underwear before I post? What if it is clean, but
has the wrong day of the week embroidered on the back?

Seriosly though, shouldn't offtopic posts just simply go to another list? 


On Sat, 11 Sep 2004 00:19:47 -0400, inforequest
<sm11szw02 at sneakemail.com> wrote:
> Hi guys.
> 
> I have been documenting the NYPHP lists configuration,  and preparing a
> FAQ page on setting Mozilla/Firefox mail filters. If you set your
> filters correctly, your inbox stays sorted by list, with [OT] posts in a
> subfolder of the list folder.
> 
> The past day or so has seen a large number of OFF TOPIC posts to
> NYPHP-Talk (which is fine I guess) but they have been mis-labeled. Some
> have properly included [OT] at the start of the subject, but others have
> used [ot], _OT_ and  OT .
> 
> In order to keep the list "clean" and manageable, can we please try and
> mark your off-topic posts using [OT] at the *start* of the subject line?
> 
> Thanks.   -=john andrews
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Jeff Knight
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