Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site eosp1.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!floyd!harpo!ulysses!allegra!princeton!eosp1!mcmillan From: mcmillan@eosp1.UUCP (John McMillan) Newsgroups: net.religion,net.flame,net.lang Subject: Re: Uninformative subject lines Message-ID: <701@eosp1.UUCP> Date: Fri, 16-Mar-84 13:10:21 EST Article-I.D.: eosp1.701 Posted: Fri Mar 16 13:10:21 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 17-Mar-84 03:30:13 EST References: Too numerous to mention... Organization: Exxon Office Systems, Princeton, NJ Lines: 24 A gentle flame. Please try to make your subject headers informative. You will be helping yourself to reach the readers you are trying to address. Particularly, watch out for these: -------- >> Subject: Re: orphaned response ORPHANED REPONSE TO WHAT??? Why not say: Subject: Re: The balls and bowls puzzle; orphan. ------- >> Subject: Re: Abortion, Gun control and Creationism (long article) >> (7 lines) WATCH THAT "long article"! The original may have been long, but perhaps your reponse was short. (Should this note be posted to any other news groups?) - Toby Robison allegra!eosp1!robison decvax!ittvax!eosp1!robison princeton!eosp1!robison