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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 14 Sep 1994.
Talk: IDs

Talk: IDs

Bob Allison (bob...@wwa.com) wrote:

:    Originally, I asked, since most people prefer having an ID on a 
: subject line, why not put them at the end to get them out of our 
: collective face?
Yes i agree with thiem... :-)

:    Well, on the groups, and in email, not one person liked the idea.  On 
: some systems the end would get chopped off even if it wasn't on the 
: system of the person who posted it.

:    OK, putting them at the end won't work.  So what could be done to keep 
: them, but also make them less annoying?  How about all lower case, in ()?
: I did this post that way as an example.
No i think not... The shorter the better so we can ALL see the whole 
subject (I see it all anyways but this way it's better) ... Now:
I think question can be abbreviated with Q: 
Line with L: etc...

How bout it guys?

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