Re: subject line

On 9/7/07, Altay Guvench <aguvench@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I've got an idea. Forgive me if this issue has been resolved, or if this
idea has been suggested before. This thread is really long and mostly
irrelevant to the initial question, so I haven't read it all. But here's
what I understand:

- The main argument *against* prepending [RUBY] is that it pushes the
subject line a few characters to the right.
- The main argument *for* it is that a mail filter -- a computer, not a
human -- can identify these emails by the subject line.

So why not *append* [RUBY] to the subject? That way, folks with skinny
screens won't lose actual subject content (the only thing that gets pushed
off the screen is the label), and folks who want to filter by subject can
still do so.

Unless there's some technical reason why this won't work, the only problem I
see is aesthetic. =P

The only benefit of preceding the subject with a [RUBY], as far as I
can tell, lies solely in aesthetics. I can see why someone who
chooses to _not_ sequester away ruby emails might want to quickly
glance at the screen and visually see which emails are ruby/non-ruby.

For those who do filter and section their mail into their respective
bins, I would think that -- as others have mentioned -- it would be
trivial to sort by some other method than forcing redundant data into
the subject line.

I don't care either way, since I only use this email account for this list.

Todd

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