X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fbb9d,667575ff22696d67 X-Google-Attributes: gidfbb9d,public X-Google-Thread: f996b,6597bc19c1043772,start X-Google-Attributes: gidf996b,public X-Google-Thread: 110f55,6597bc19c1043772,start X-Google-Attributes: gid110f55,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 1994-08-31 05:47:29 PST Path: nntp.gmd.de!xlink.net!howland.reston.ans.net!gatech!udel!news.sprintlink.net!sashimi.wwa.com!gagme.wwa.com!not-for-mail From: chappell@symcom.math.uiuc.edu (Glenn Chappell) Newsgroups: rec.arts.ascii,alt.ascii-art,alt.binaries.pictures.ascii Subject: Talk: New Subject ID's Date: 31 Aug 1994 07:30:57 -0500 Organization: Math Dept., University of Illinois at Urbana/Champaign Lines: 26 Sender: boba@gagme.wwa.com Approved: boba@wwa.com Message-ID: <341t61$bbe@gagme.wwa.com> References: <340s8r$hj6@gagme.wwa.com> <341354$t73@gagme.wwa.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: gagme.wwa.com Xref: nntp.gmd.de rec.arts.ascii:1571 alt.ascii-art:13903 In article <341354$t73@gagme.wwa.com> boba@wwa.com (Bob Allison) writes: >Glenn Chappell wrote: >>having "Announce:" as a Subject ID sounds great, but it's not >>on the list. Perhaps it should be? >> >>Also, there are plenty of more/less regular informational postings on >>this group: >>I can't >>think of a good label for them, though. "Info:" maybe? > Yes, I'm always thinking about those IDs. I want to have as few of >them as possible, but still do the jok. > > I've been thinking of adding ANNOUNCE and FAQ to the 'official' list >of IDs. As to INFO, as you mention, that would work. And I suppose that >when somebody answers a question, they use ANSWER, or to keep the number >of IDs lower, they could use INFO for that too. Hmmm ... no, I think there is a difference between an informational posting and the answer to a question. The former is not discussion; the latter is. For the latter, "Re: Question: ..." should be sufficient. Glenn Chappell <>< e-mail: ggc@uiuc.edu