[B-Greek] Subject-headers in messages to B-Greek
bertdehaan at gosympatico.ca
bertdehaan at gosympatico.ca
Wed Mar 24 10:27:42 EST 2004
Steve Westfall wrote;
>
> And while we're at it, how about trying to make subjects more meaningful
> than some of the following that were seen in the last month or two:
>
> "Request for advice"
> "Question"
> "Questions"
> "Greek grammar"
> "request"
> or simply no subject at all.
>
> None of these tell me whether I want to open them and read the body of their
> text, and they certainly don't help when searching the archives. Writing a
> subject line that actually describes the subject of one's message is much
> more likely to bring useful responses.
One of the mentioned subject headers was mine.
My apologies.
When a question is of a general nature it can be difficult to find a description that is both concise and precise, but I'm sure I could have done better and I will do better in the future.
Bert de Haan.
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