I tried to send this ealier, probably show up. The other list which caters for all this is "mailto:requests@talklist.com?body=SUBSCRIBE MPT" Brian ----- Original Message ----- From: "Kristinn Leifsson" <istuner@islandia.is> To: <pianotech@ptg.org> Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 8:39 PM Subject: Re: [OT] Proposal on off-topic discussions Dear Chris, This is the best idea, I would think. That would mean no more worries, for anyone! I say do it. If we make another list, that will basically go the same way as this one. It doesn´t seem to matter whether there is another list, for chatting. The people I want to communicate with are on this one, and I wouldn´t want to leave it. Also, moderating this would be difficult because of the wide variety of semi-related discussions. I say go for the [OT] in the subject line, and let those who want filter those messages. If we do this, the ones annoyed can blame themselves. Kristinn Leifsson, Reykjavík, Iceland (And if they answer the [OT] posts we can see that they love us) At 12:07 8.12.2000 +0900, you wrote: >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
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