[texhax] Distress call
PR Stanley
prstanley at ntlworld.com
Thu May 6 03:28:54 CEST 2010
" I'm wondering whether a mail
> >with such a braindead subject line ..."
does this pass for good manners in your neck of the woods?
I have no more to say on the subject.
Paul
At 02:18 06/05/2010, you wrote:
>On 6 May 2010 PR Stanley wrote:
>
> > for heaven's sake! can we have a tiny bit of civility on this list.
>
>You obviously misunderstood me. I didn't complain. I just said such
>a subject line is quite unfortunate. I must admit that the last
>sentence sounds quite polemic. But I don't rely on spam filters and
>delete junk mails manually instead. I don't read unwanted mails
>before I delete them. I never read mails with "URGENT", "Viagra",
>"Distress call", ... in the subject field. I delete them immediately.
>I actually read Friedrich's mail accidentally.
>
> > >Do you really believe that the phrase "Distress call" in the subject
> > >line of your mail is useful at all? I'm wondering whether a mail
> > >with such a braindead subject line is able to pass any spam filter.
> > >
> > >You could as well put "Viagra" into the subject line.
>
>Regards,
> Reinhard
>
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