[OT] Proposal on off-topic discussions

[Kevin E. Ramsey RPT]

Perhaps that would be wise. Whoever wants to "browse" through all of it can,
and those who don't won't ever get the "Off topic" posts. Perfect.!
----- Original Message -----
From: "Christopher Witmer" <cdwitmer@spamcop.net>
To: <pianotech@ptg.org>
Sent: Thursday, December 07, 2000 7:07 PM
Subject: [OT] Proposal on off-topic discussions


> News & mail readers can easily be set up to filter incoming messages
> according to many different variables: content of the "Subject,"
> "Sender," "Body," etc. I have my filters set up to direct all this
> list's messages into a folder called "Music." What I propose is that
> people start to put [OT] in their "Subject" lines whenever discussing
> something that is off-topic. (See this message's subject line for an
> example.) Then, people who would rather not read off-topic messages can
> set up their incoming mail filters to direct all messages with "[OT]" in
> the Subject line to the Trash folder, or to any other folder. The
> remaining messages would be purely piano-related. This wouldn't
> eliminate 100% of the unwanted messages, but it would catch the vast
> majority of them. People who forget or new subscribers to the list could
> be gently reminded of the standard operating procedure, and the level of
> frustration felt by "PT purists" would drop. Those who enjoy the
> off-topic discussions could continue to enjoy them unimpeded.
>
> I think this is about as close to a perfect solution as we can expect?
> Whaddyall think?
>
> -- Chris Witmer
>