BFAV email prefix?
Andreas Raab
andreas.raab at gmx.de
Wed Jul 23 19:25:35 UTC 2003
Hi Jimmie,
> For me I wouldn't even catch this one as its not prefixed via [...].
> Which would be correct. I only search body after success via Subject.
Ah, excellent idea! Didn't even think of filtering for the [...] in addition
to body search. Thanks, will try this immediately ;-)
Cheers,
- Andreas
> -----Original Message-----
> From: squeak-dev-bounces at lists.squeakfoundation.org
> [mailto:squeak-dev-bounces at lists.squeakfoundation.org] On
> Behalf Of Jimmie Houchin
> Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 8:27 PM
> To: The general-purpose Squeak developers list
> Subject: Re: BFAV email prefix?
>
>
> Hello Andreas,
>
> I agree about the hardware. I can filter by the body without problem.
> Just wanted to see if the community had opinions. Ooops. Did
> I say that. :)
>
> For me I wouldn't even catch this one as its not prefixed via [...].
> Which would be correct. I only search body after success via Subject.
>
> But for those with less capable machines or email clients... ;)
>
> I can happily handle whatever the community does (or doesn't)
> regarding
> this. It only impacts me minimally.
>
> Just a thought.
>
> Also what about those who access email via web interface?
> It can clutter archives and web interfaces.
> This is where a seperate list for such would shine.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Jimmie Houchin
>
> Andreas Raab wrote:
> > Hi Jimmie,
> >
> > I'm simply filtering BFAV messages by the < I'm a
> bug-fixing machine! > in
> > the body. A few messages might get placed wrong (such as
> this one which
> > isn't really a post from BFAV) but it seems to work very
> well in general.
> >
> > Of course, a prefix might be easier to filter but machines
> are fast and
> > memory is plenty so what the hey ;-)
> >
> > Cheers,
> > - Andreas
> >
> >>-----Original Message-----
> >>From: squeak-dev-bounces at lists.squeakfoundation.org
> >>[mailto:squeak-dev-bounces at lists.squeakfoundation.org] On
> >>Behalf Of Jimmie Houchin
> >>Sent: Wednesday, July 23, 2003 7:10 PM
> >>To: squeak-dev at lists.squeakfoundation.org
> >>Subject: BFAV email prefix?
> >>
> >>
> >>Hello,
> >>
> >>I've been creating multiple folders/mailboxes for my Squeak list
> >>reading. That way I can keep up better with current conversations.
> >>
> >>I have one for each [ENH] OR [GOODIE], [BUG] OR [FIX], and
> squeak-dev
> >>(for all else).
> >>
> >>I am seeing < I'm a bug-fixing machine! > messages
> with [ENH],
> >>[FIX], [BUG][FIX] as Subject prefixes.
> >>
> >>Would it be unreasonable to have the BFAV prefix its
> messages with a
> >>[BFAV] or [BFAVg] (g=generated) Subject prefix or some such for its
> >>generated messages?
> >>
> >>This way I could easily filter them into their own mailbox without
> >>resorting to filtering body text which consumes more time.
> >>
> >>I think either a seperate list or Subject prefixes for any
> >>automatically
> >>generated emails would help all of us keep up with maintaining our
> >>particular squeak-dev usage patterns. Somewhat similar to
> cvs commit
> >>mailing lists.
> >>
> >>I think a seperate list and prefixes would be nice, but not
> required.
> >>If a seperate list followup/replies could be set to squeak-dev.
> >>
> >>Just some thoughts for discussion.
> >>
> >>Jimmie Houchin
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
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