Rainer Zocholl wrote: > Klaus.Schmidinger@xxxxxxxxxx(Klaus Schmidinger) 11.09.05 17:02 > ... >>PS: so much for telling people not to reply to announcements... :-( > > > Text in capitals is hard to read. > That's the reason why EULAs etc. are written in all capitals: > The customer should not read it. Funny idea... > Try your self, what's easier to read? > > >>******************************************************************** >>** THIS IS AN ANNOUNCEMENT - PLEASE DO NOT REPLY TO THIS MESSAGE! ** >>** SEND BUG REPORTS ETC. AS A NEW MESSAGE, WITH A PROPER SUBJECT! ** >>******************************************************************** > > > **************************************************************************** > ** This is an announcement - please do not reply to this message! ** > ** Send comments, questions etc. as a new message, with a proper subject! ** > **************************************************************************** I was under the impression that it is common practice to write something important in capitals. > Too: > > Maybe a subject change would help? > > The convention is: > Subject: New topic (was: old topic) > > "(was:" is a token detected be better readers so that further > "Re" will not repete it again and again... Just changing the subject isn't doing the trick. You _have_ to write a _new_ message to start a new thread. Well, this was an apparently feeble attempt to make people aware that they should start a new thread for a new problem. I guess I just have to give up and accept that there will always be somebody who just doesn't give a sh*t... Klaus
