>>> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=018&item=280034508359&rd=
>>> 1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1
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> and your rant at the poor student from the Netherlands doing a survey, I
> think you may want to just go someplace and chill out.
Actually, I'm just trying to keep the conversation civil. This example
(no FS:) is clearly in contravention to conventions, hence uncivil.
The other case is ok, but with all the spam around, isn't likely to convince
people to take his survey.
FloydR
Tom Scales - 04 Oct 2006 23:50 GMT
>>>> http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&ih=018&item=280034508359&rd=
>>>> 1&sspagename=STRK%3AMESE%3AIT&rd=1
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>
> FloydR
You're unhappy about a colon? FS wasn't enough?
Wow, that's pretty anal.
Floyd Rogers - 05 Oct 2006 02:06 GMT
> "Floyd Rogers" <fbloogyuds@hotmail.com> wrote in message
>> Actually, I'm just trying to keep the conversation civil. This example
>> (no FS:) is clearly in contravention to conventions, hence uncivil.
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>
> Wow, that's pretty anal.
Well, filters that look for "FS:" don't work w/o the colon.
Computers are anal that way.
Floyd
Richard Sexton - 05 Oct 2006 11:40 GMT
>Well, filters that look for "FS:" don't work w/o the colon.
>Computers are anal that way.
Since "FS" isn't actually a word then chances are very high if it appears
in a Subject: line then it's an ad.

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Floyd Rogers - 05 Oct 2006 16:01 GMT
> In article <12i8mk4ca5c9649@corp.supernews.com>,
>>Well, filters that look for "FS:" don't work w/o the colon.
>>Computers are anal that way.
>
> Since "FS" isn't actually a word then chances are very high if it appears
> in a Subject: line then it's an ad.
So a subject like "fsck question" will get thrown into the wastebin.
This is a silly discussion.
FloydR
Richard Sexton - 06 Oct 2006 06:22 GMT
>> In article <12i8mk4ca5c9649@corp.supernews.com>,
>>>Well, filters that look for "FS:" don't work w/o the colon.
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>So a subject like "fsck question" will get thrown into the wastebin.
>This is a silly discussion.
I'd do "space fs space" not fs*.

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