I think Chris didn't want to give too much info since it was, apparently, an april fool's thang. =P<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 1:16 PM, Swantje <<a href="mailto:swantje@gmail.com">swantje@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Even though I use a desktop computer with a mouse and fast internet<br>
connection, I agree that an email that just consists of a link without<br>
any (real) comment is like spam.<br>
I might click it if I've seen you post often on the list and therefore<br>
thought it may be safe and interesting, but most likely, I'd just<br>
delete it.<br>
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On Tue, Apr 1, 2008 at 1:02 PM, David Lawyer <<a href="mailto:dave@lafn.org">dave@lafn.org</a>> wrote:<br>
> On Tue, Apr 01, 2008 at 12:31:23AM -0700, Christopher Smith wrote:<br>
> > <a href="http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/04/01/npenguin101.xml" target="_blank">http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2008/04/01/npenguin101.xml</a><br>
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> Problem with the above post is that there is no real subject. That<br>
> makes it like spam subjects. I often read my email off-line (since<br>
> on-line time is limited at my ISP and it also ties up the phone line)<br>
> so there is no way for me to "click" to see what the subject really<br>
> is. If the real subject was included, either in the Subject header or<br>
> in the body of the message, then if it looked interesting I might dial<br>
> out and have a look at it, either right now or at a later time when I<br>
> happened to be online.<br>
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> Also, if one posts a url, then I think they should at least state some<br>
> comments about it, going beyond just the subject title. Since I don't<br>
> use a mouse my "click" is actually a sequence of key strokes at my dumb<br>
> terminal.<br>
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> David Lawyer<br>
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