David Powell says that he uses the OT filter but that "everybody" forgets to
add the "OT:" code.  While a majority of people do remember to add the "OT:"
there were several messages today in the "Robin Cook Resigns" thread, a
thread that didn't use the "OT:" tag.  Didn't that is until now.   The very
next message in that thread AFTER Dave's message came in with the "OT:"
added to the subject line.

Kudos to Roy Brown for changing the subject header to read:
    OT: Robin Cook Resigns

Most people are pretty decent and will do the decent thing once it is
pointed out to them.   But sometimes someone has to ask.

I can hear the objection now.  "But I do ask and they get better but later
on they forget".  It is true.   People do forget.   People do make mistakes
and sometimes have to be corrected or reminded more than once.   If it kills
you to have to ask again then I guess it's better that you suffer in
silence.

Insufferably yours,

Cortlandt Wilson
(650) 966-8555

>-----Original Message-----
>From: HP-3000 Systems Discussion [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On
>Behalf Of David Powell
>Sent: Tuesday, March 18, 2003 5:33 PM
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] No longer reading HP3000-L.
>
>
>I am one of the (possibly few) who don't get the 'OT:'.  But I still get
>tons of garbage because everyone else forgets the OT:  (or they
>remember the
>OT but forget the ':').
>
>I agree with John, and I would be in the same boat as Gavin except that I
>need the info in the few ON topic posts more than he does (because I know
>less).
>
>Maybe we could redefine OT to mean ON topic, then the serious ones can set
>themselves up to read ONLY those, and just remember to put the OT: in all
>our posts.  Absurd, but I bet it would work better that what we have now.
>
>Dave Powell
>

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