RE: Mysterious (just testing, don't read), protocol suggestion

  • From: "Mark W. Farnham" <mwf@xxxxxxxx>
  • To: <thomas.mercadante@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <Ron.Reidy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <J.Velikanovs@xxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Thu, 6 Jan 2005 12:58:14 -0500

I have a suggestion (on which I hope Steve or Jared or whoever is on deck as
list protocol officer will opine).

First: Sometimes there just is no substitute for resolving crazy character
set issues than the list where you are having trouble.
Second: It would indeed be useful to tell from a subject line prefix alone
in a fashion that a wide spectrum of mail tools can handle that the mail
message is content free.
Third: I don't want to use up the OT: subject prefix for 100% discard,
because those are often hilarious and I read some of them and I couldn't
figure out a filter to keep foreign names starting with capital M's.
Fourth: Words such as test, testing, TESTING, etc. are no good for filtering
a list like this where a large fraction of the subjects are about testing.

Suggestion: CF:     (standing for Content Free) as a subject line prefix.
Still no excuse for gratuitous spam, but see "First:"

Regards,

mwf

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:oracle-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Mercadante, Thomas F
Sent: Thursday, January 06, 2005 8:38 AM
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Subject: RE: Mysterious (just testing, don't read)


Who died and made you boss?

-----Original Message-----
From: Reidy, Ron [mailto:Ron.Reidy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Wednesday, January 05, 2005 6:27 PM
To: J.Velikanovs@xxxxxxxx
Cc: oracle-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: RE: Mysterious (just testing, don't read)

Stop doing this.  Test on some other email system.
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Ron Reidy
Lead DBA
Array BioPharma, Inc.
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