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From: R Bishop <>
Subject: Re: Post the Names, not under generic topic
Date: Fri, 02 Jul 1999 12:22:38 GMT


In article <>,
(trasea) wrote:

>Surely
>
>"surname interests"
>
>Indicates that there's a list of surnames contained within the message and
>it'd only take a second to scan down the list to see what the names are.

Please remember that others do not use the same software you do.
Many of us have to click on the message, wait until it opens, then scroll down
through it to see the name. Definitely NOT a 'second' of time.

Sue

>
>At the moment I'm receiving around 500 messages a day and I can do it even
>with a speech system on my computer as I'm blind.
>
>Good luck.
>
>Tracey.
>
>
>----------
>> From: RICHARD SMITH <>
>> To:
>> Subject: Re: Post the Names, not under generic topic
>> Date: 02 July 1999 17:47
>>
>> Sue,
>> Good advice - I agree with you - I just deleted 12 messages that listed
>only
>> generic statements in the Subject area. I would like to help everyone if
>I can,
>> but with 150 or more mesages a night, it is impossible to open every one
>and
>> read the first several lines in order to find the objective of the
>inquiry.
>> Dick
>>
>> R Bishop wrote:
>>
>> > Folks, I've seen several threads under the name of Surname Interest.
>> > Now, some of you may have the time to file through them all, I really
>don't.
>> > I'd much prefer each name to be listed under a separate topic. That
>way,
>> > I could only read the ones I'm interested in. OTherwise, there might
>or
>> > might not be a name under that thread I'm interested in but I'll never
>> > find out because I didn't read them.
>> >
>> > Sue
>> >
>> > "...it is easy to damn with critism
>> > and appear intelligent."
>> >
>> > Frederick Faust
>

"...it is easy to damn with critism
and appear intelligent."

Frederick Faust

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