list subject

[Tim]

Alan Cox wrote:
>> Not when half your subject line is hidden by "[random-blah-list-I-already
>> know]"

Les Mikesell:
> Errr, no, that's the point.  I don't know that list when what my mail 
> client presents is the subject lines of unread messages and the list is 
> not polite enough to identify itself there.  Your solution seems to be 
> to do a lot of grunge work with hidden fields.  Mine is simpler - just 
> use a screen big enough to display what you want to see.

That's all very well when *YOU* have a screen that can accommodate
[miles-of-crap], and completely antisocial to all of those who can't.

Been there, done that, had to put up with reading mail from lists that
only leave you with about three words space for the real subject.  And
that often gets compounded by dickheads who write their whole problem
into the subject line, with a stupid "as subject" written in the message
body.

Even those with big screens don't all want to expand their mail client
to hog all the screen space.  We want to be able to put windows side by
side, and not have to play shuffle the windows to use them.

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