[olpc-help] No Subject Prefix for list

Michael Burns maburns at gmail.com
Mon Dec 24 15:02:31 EST 2007


Ok, I decided to split the different all around

[olpc-help]

It is short and stays consistent with the IRC channel. Sound good?

On Dec 24, 2007 10:18 AM, Doug Jones <djsdl at frombob.to> wrote:

> Larry J. Maltin wrote:
> > How about "XO-Help"?
> >
>
>
> +1
>
>
> even shorter:
>
> [XOhelp]
>
> not going to be confused with any other list I can think of.
>
>
> There are plenty of people who never figured out how to set up a message
> filter on List-Id, and still do this manually.
>
> I suspect we will see a lot more of them on this list, and a lot more
> overall volume, soon.  This list will drown them.
>
>
>
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > Larry Maltin
> > Dix Hills, NY  11746-8021
> > USA
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> >
> >
> >
> > Michael Burns wrote:
> >> On Dec 23, 2007 6:09 AM, Larry J. Maltin <lmaltin at suffolk.lib.ny.us
> >> <mailto:lmaltin at suffolk.lib.ny.us>> wrote:
> >>
> >>     I prefer the prefix because it tells me what list is "responding."
> >>
> >>
> >> Thoughts on a sufficiently short prefix? even [olpc-help] seems long.
> >>
> >> My main gripe is that the 'recent post' sidebar is limited by a number
> >> of characters for each subject. With "[olpc-community-support]" you
> >> don't have much room for the actual subject.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Michael Burns * Student
> >> Open Source {Education} Lab
> >>
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Michael Burns * Student
Open Source {Education} Lab
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