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[Orgmode] Re: should the mail list be splitted resp. sub-tagged ?
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Robert Pluim |
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[Orgmode] Re: should the mail list be splitted resp. sub-tagged ? |
Date: |
Wed, 05 Jan 2011 09:15:33 +0100 |
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Gnus/5.110011 (No Gnus v0.11) XEmacs/21.5-b29 (cygwin32) |
Nick Dokos <address@hidden> writes:
> [Forgot to reply-all - sorry about that. Apologies to Robert for
> the duplicate email.]
>
This is why I have Mail-Copies-To: never in my headers :) No biggie.
> Robert Pluim <address@hidden> wrote:
>
>> Nick Dokos <address@hidden> writes:
>>
>> > Štěpán Němec <address@hidden> wrote:
>> >
>> >> FWIW, I do. Having [Org] (or anything, really) prepended to the subjects
>> >> of _all_ mails coming from a list that is already uniquely identifiable
>> >> (e.g. by its address) has no information value altogether (unlike
>> >> [Babel], [PATCH] etc.) and only takes up the much precious Subject:
>> >> header space.
>> >>
>> >> I have never understood why anyone would like anything like that.
>> >>
>> >
>> > Because I can scan my inbox at a glance and triage quickly. Here's what
>> > I see (with mh-e in emacs as my reader):
>> >
>>
>> (disclaimer: I've been seeing this argument for the best part of 20
>> years, I doubt I'm bringing anything new to the table, but I feel
>> strongly about it)
>>
>> Triage is for *computers* to do, they're much better at it than humans.
>>
>
> You are kidding, right? How does the computer know what *I* need to do?
>
Because you tell it what to do?
>> Also, those markers in the subject are obnoxious and *really* annoying,
>> and take up valuable screen space. Please don't clutter up the org-mode
>> emails for zero benefit.
>>
>
> It is *not* zero benefit to me.
OK. Zero benefit to people who split their email then. I must admit
I've never understood why people don't, but to each his own.
Robert