From: Chad Perrin <perrin@...>
Date: 2007-09-04T03:38:04+09:00
Subject: Re: subject line

On Tue, Sep 04, 2007 at 03:27:28AM +0900, James Edward Gray II wrote:
> On Sep 3, 2007, at 1:16 PM, Chad Perrin wrote:
> >
> >Thoughts:
> >
> >Not everyone filters ruby-talk into its own "folder" in a mail user
> >agent.  Some of us prefer to have all incoming email appear in the  
> >same
> >inbox list, but want to be able to filter by eye.
> 
> That's why I have my MUA color Ruby-Talk posts red.  They stand out  
> just fine.

That's nice for you.  Others here are not you.


> 
> >Considering even the typical CLI-only terminal has an 80-character  
> >width,
> >I don't see how six characters is such a deal-breaker.  There's  
> >something
> >wrong if people are sending 70+ character subject lines, anyway.
> 
> Do you also show the sender and the date received on that line?  I  
> think you'll find that most MUA setups give far less than 80 subject  
> characters by default.  Mine sure does, and it's not a terminal  
> application.

How few, then?  Why are you using an MUA that limits you to 20 characters
in viewable subject line?  Doesn't that strike you as a little silly?

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