Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2003 07:09:53 -0800 From: Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On Wed, Mar 19, 2003 at 01:55:12PM +0100, Joerg Johannes wrote: [snip] >> Some of those "please help" mails are very interesting, and occasionally > those guys really need help. [snip] > If the writer can't be bothered to set an intelligent subject, I have > no reason to believe that the rest of their post is any more > intelligently posed. . . . I receive way more e-mail than I have time for. So far my filters are only mental, but configuration of grey cells definitely flags `newbie', `please help', & any vacuity like `Strange Problem with Debian' -- & I skip on to prospects more promising. Oh, you say I'm missing some interesting posts? Sure, but seldom. Now & then I do read what's under an inept subject line, & almost always find my reasoning reinforced. Back to Baloo (above), rough but right. Wendell Cochran West Seattle -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
