On Mon, 29 Sep 1997, Nico L. quoted from my private message (!) to him: > >I fully agree with Neil that adding [SATS] to the Subject field is not > >useful and should not be implemented, for the reasons Neil gives. [snip] > >It's not that I don't want to be helpful, but there is software that does > >filtering without a special TAG in the subject line. I suggest that people > >who are subscribed to multiple lists install that software. > > why this does not seem to be a problem > in lists like [M]: mapug (meade mailing list) > or [ASTRO]: Astro - mindspring, general astro list ? > > I think we could try and later decide if > there is any kind of problem. > If there are some chars that cause problems, > we could also change and choose others ... I'm sorry if I've made myself unclear: a. Discussing whether or not we want these TAG-lines is off-topic for SeeSat-L. This is the last message in this thread on SeeSat-L, if I can help it! b. I've made my viewpoint clear in a private message to Nico L. and so has Neil. Basically, both Neil and I (the co-administrators) do not want these tag-lines in the subject header. c. In case you, Nico L., or anyone else disagrees with us, contact us privately. Or there is a general need to further discuss this, please use the list UseSat-L@cds.plasma.mpe-garching.mpg.de This list is there to discuss administrative things like the one mentioned above. You can subscribe by sending a message with the word "SUBSCRIBE" in the subject-line to UseSat-L-request@cds.plasma.mpe-garching.mpg.de Let me note with regards to point c that I don't see how discussing this on UseSat-L will change things though. Both persons who have to take care of the daily maintenance of this list, think it's not a good idea... Let me also note that this topic is now closed on SeeSat-L. Anyone who feels the urge to post on this topic to SeeSat-L in the future should be aware that the maintainers of this list will not sit idly and watch how off-topic posts clutter up the list. My apologies to all subscribers for this off-topic post! Cheers? Bart, bart@satellite.eu.org