On Thu, 26 Sep 1996, Robert Schechter <rschecte@ccantares.wcupa.edu> wrote:

>And what would your proposed LISTSERV software do with our subject line >above?

The LISTSERV software is certainly not mine, nor do I think that much of this is 'proposed' - I believe it already has most/all of the capabilities we are discussing.

The answerr to your question, Robert, is 'Reject it', I imagine - and return it to the sender with a message listing all the acceptable keywords, at least one of which must appear in the subject line.

This obviously illustrates one of the problems - the need for an exhaustive set of keywords. I guess there might be one like 'SAS-L-ADMIN' to cope with messages like this one - but it would be a nightmare trying to produce a workable list, and we would almost certainly end up with some sort of 'MISC' nightmare category!

I still reckon the simplest solution is just regular exhortations of the SAS-L members to produce at least 'useful' Subject lines.

John

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