All Synth DIY List members, please read

[jbv]

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>
> >1) it would be great if (as in several other lists) a tag  - like (sDIY)
> >for instance - could be automatically added to the title of each post,
> >making browsing through incoming messages much easier...
>
> What you want to achieve is best accomplished with email software that will
> filter your incoming messages into different mailboxes automatically. I
> have seen other lists that do what you suggest, and some of them don't
> implement the feature very well. It is possible to see some messages with
> the tag inserted multiple times into the subject line, to the point that
> half or more of the original subject is obscured by the tags.

But some lists DO implement that feature very well (check the music-dsp
list for instance), which proves that it's feasable.

> Things get
> even messier when people cross-post or forward messages to two or more
> different lists, which use tags.

That's true, but at the same time such things happen very seldom (at least on
s-DIY).

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>
> Yes, subject tags are one way to sort your incoming emails, but I think
> they are far from the best way.
>

Probably, although I keep thinking it's a very useful feature.
For example : some s-DIY members reply to the list, others reply to
the sender of the message, some reply to both.
When you post a message to the list and someone emails you a personal reply
(instead of sending it to the list - that happens far more often than
cross-postings
between lists), how do you sort that kind of messages and how do you program
your
email software to put them straight into your s-DIY folder ?
Just asking...

Beside, there's another interesting feature on the music-dsp list :
the list manager asked several months ago that every off-topic message would
have the (OT) tag in the subject line - and members started to follow that
rule
without any problem, which makes sorting on & off-topic messages pretty easy.
One could also suggest that OT messages would be automatically removed from
digest and archives...

I understand pretty well that such requests mean some more work for Rick,
but it has do be done once and for all...

jbv