Re: OT: Offlist vs Offtopic (was Re: Galactic Year: (was: Re: Reviving an old tradition))

Hi!

Paul Bennett <paul-bennett@...> writes:
> On Sat, 11 Feb 2006 16:49:21 -0500, Henrik Theiling
> <theiling@...>  wrote:
>...
> > Please remove the OFFLIST tag from the subject line when replying to
> > this thread, since this is obviously onlist.
> >
> > Alternatively, if you want to send something OFFLIST, do not send it
> > to the conlang list.
>
> I think there may a confusion evident between the terms Off List and
> Off  Topic.
>
> Off List means not transmitted via the list, whether it's on topic or not.
>
> Off Topic means not related to conlanging, and is obviously only a
> relevant marker if the message is sent via the list.
And it should be noted that the filtering of off-topic messages only
works if you use OT: (in words: 'oh tee colon') in the subject line.
Exactly that.  Any other tag is just a piece of text to the machine,
and will not enable people of filtering.

Anyway, in this case, I think the issue was probably using the Yahoo
interface.  It is well-known to cause trouble, and I think it was
mentioned here, among other things, that it sent messages to the list
although marked for private delivery.

So I repeat myself: do not use the Yahoo interface.  Use the email
interface or the brown.edu interface.

**Henrik
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