Subject: Re: FAQ Subject abbreviations for headers

From: Michael Rooney <[email-masked]>
Date: Fri, 12 May 95 17:08:39 -0500 (EST)

In article <[email-masked]>, you write:
> 
> Subject: FAQ  Subject abbreviations for headers
> 
>snip< 
> TOOLS  for equipment and techniques
> EDIBLE for edible plants
> TREE   for arboriculture
> ORN    for ornamentals
> LAWN   for lawn and pasture questions
> PEST   for pest control, including weeds, bugs, and other pests
> CHAT   for "how's your garden doing, what's happening in your
>         part of the world, and discussions like this.
> SEED   for propagation techniques, including seeds (better ideas
>         for a short term?  "Prop" doesn't do it, and I'd like to
>         keep it short)
> GH     for greenhouses and indoor gardening 
> SOIL   for soils questions
> FERT   for compost and nutrient-related questions
> FAQ    for pointers to FAQs, web sites, etc.
> 
> 

Now that I think of it, how about adding HYDRO for, surprise, Hydroponic 
gardening?

Regards,
..michael..

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From: [email-masked] (Jon Shemitz)
Date: 16 May 1995 02:54:34 GMT

Perhaps I'm about to put my foot in my mouth, but so far as I know, my
newsreader's killfile abilities don't include the ability to do a "word 
oriented" search:  for example, if I put /ORN/-- in my killfile, I'll kill 
messages about corn as well as about ornamentals.  Thus, I'd suggest
that people put colons after the abbreviations, as /ORN:/-- is *much* less
likely to kill anything I might not want to kill. 
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