Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!ames!oliveb!apple!farrier
From: farrier@Apple.COM (Cary Farrier)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple
Subject: Re: Using the Subject: line in mail
Message-ID: <1044@internal.Apple.COM>
Date: 24 Mar 89 15:49:45 GMT
References: <8903222258.AA10829@tcgould.TN.CORNELL.EDU> <352@hsi86.hsi.UUCP>
Organization: Apple Computer Inc, Cupertino, CA
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In article <352@hsi86.hsi.UUCP> archer@hsi.UUCP (Garry Archer) writes:
>In article <8903222258.AA10829@tcgould.TN.CORNELL.EDU>, halp@TCGOULD.TN.CORNELL.EDU ("Bruce P. Halpern") writes:
>> The subject line in the mail format is a powerful means of indicating what
>> you are going to write about. It permits others to decide whether or not
>> they wish to read your letter. Failing to indicate any subject, or using
>> terms such as "Lots of Things" misuses this powerful selection tool. Your
>> information is much more likely to be missed or lost if a concise and
>> accurate subject is not specified. The quickest and probably most used
>> Newsnet search procedures under  rn  or Readnews use article titles.
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>I have to agree.  I don't have time to read every article, so those
>that have Subject lines with "(none)", "stuff", "apple stuff", "query",
>"help!", "things", etc., etc., get completely ignored by me.  Often
>times I wonder if I'm missing something good.  But there are usually
>so many other good articles to read (and not just in comp.sys.apple)
>that I have to cut back somewhere or I could be reading netnews all day!
>(I don't have a modem to do this at home at night!)
>
>
>
>-- 
>
>		Garry Archer Esq.	{noao, yale, uunet}!hsi.com!archer
>		Health Systems International
>		New Haven, CT  06511		U.S.A.

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