> From: From: Michel Fournier To: J. Luis Santiago R.
> To: jlsantiago@iserve.net.mx
> Subject: Visual FoxPro [6134] Re: Listserv interface
> Date: Lunes 19 de Agosto de 1996 1:32 PM
>
> >2) About the way "subject" is constructed: If u order messages by
subject,
> >u get them orderd as they were posted, because of the number of message
(in
> >square brackets), making it dificult to follow an specific thread of
> >disscussion. My suggestion is to construct the subject line as:
> >
> >VFP (Category_Identifier) Title_of_message [Number_of_message]
> >
> >Where:
> >Category_Identifier: a naming convention for UT categories for Visual
> >FoxPro Section (maybe Michel already have one in mind).
> >
> >Title_of_message: It would be important to avoid the "Re:" substring,
> >because the order would be messed, and u could always know it is a
replay
> >because of the way "From" is constructed.
> >
> >Number_of_message: no explanation needed.
> >
> >This way, ordering incoming mail by subject would order messages by UT
> >section (VFP), then by category, then by an specific thread, and finally
by
> >the order they were posted.
> >
> >Maybe the category naming convention could be used to post a new message
to
> >an specific category?
>
> These are all good suggestions but people using listserv will not used
10% of it. This is my guess. Remember, here you have so many gadgets and
there is a need for that. But, believe me, no one is going to take the time
to enter VFP [4] to specify that is has to go in category 4. They just want
to create their message and have an answer ASAP. Even here in the Universal
Thread, some people are not choosing their category when creating a
message. They just keep the one that is chosen by default.
OK, i see u're point about categories (anyway classification of messages
using categories was not my idea, as far as i can remember :)), so maybe
just moving the message number to the end and supressing the "Re:" from the
constructed subject would be enough to follow an specific thread.
Thanx
J. Luis Santiago Rodríguez.• CADIS • E-mail: jlsantiago@iserve.net.mx• Ciudad de México.
