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On Sunday 13 July 2008, felix@×××××××.com wrote: |
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> On Sun, Jul 13, 2008 at 10:40:08AM -0700, maxim wexler wrote: |
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> > I would like to raise my voice against the use of overly long subject |
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> > lines that run out of space on the line provided. |
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> > Complete sentences are not necessary. A few, well chosen words should |
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> > suffice and spare the user the nuisance of opening mail that ultimately |
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> > is of no value to him. |
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> Under what circumstances does too much info hurt? It's not like a PhD |
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> thesis, it's just, say, 10 words instead of 2 or 3. |
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Sorry! Couldn't resist. ;-) |
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I had a guy working for me who used to write the whole bl**dy email in the |
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frigging Subject: field! Arrrrgh! When I asked him why didn't he use the |
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body of the message like 'normal' people do, he argued that he intended |
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saving me the time of opening the message to read it. Sometimes you just |
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can't win. |
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Anyway, as others asked - how long is too long for this purpose? |
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Regards, |
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Mick |
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