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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 31 Aug 1994.
Talk: New Subject ID's

Talk: New Subject ID's

In article <341354$t7...@gagme.wwa.com> bob...@wwa.com (Bob Allison) writes:
>Glenn Chappell <cha...@symcom.math.uiuc.edu> wrote:
>>having "Announce:" as a Subject ID sounds great, but it's not
>>on the list. Perhaps it should be?
>>
>>Also, there are plenty of more/less regular informational postings on
>>this group:
>>I can't
>>think of a good label for them, though. "Info:" maybe?

>   Yes, I'm always thinking about those IDs.  I want to have as few of 
>them as possible, but still do the jok.
>
>   I've been thinking of adding ANNOUNCE and FAQ to the 'official' list 
>of IDs.  As to INFO, as you mention, that would work.  And I suppose that 
>when somebody answers a question, they use ANSWER, or to keep the number 
>of IDs lower, they could use INFO for that too.

Hmmm ... no, I think there is a difference between an informational
posting and the answer to a question. The former is not discussion; the
latter is. For the latter, "Re: Question: ..." should be sufficient.

				Glenn Chappell   <><
				e-mail: gg...@uiuc.edu

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