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Goomba38 > wrote:
>Michael "Dog3" wrote:
> that is not entirely true. Most... and I say "most"
>> loosely, people put OT in the subject header and sometime people with use
>> PING in the subject header. Since you seem to have spam caught with your
>> "catchword" technique you should be able to filter out most of those. Now
>> thread drift is a different issue altogether. As for myself, sometimes I
>> enjoy thread drift. It can be interesting.
>>
>> Michael
>
>Michael, I have NO problem with thread drift. That is something that
>evolves and as you say be very interesting. My complaint is those OT
>post that started out OT. Being noted "OT" or not, they do not belong
>and yet everyone who tosses one out there (such as jokes, internet
>warnings, political statements, non-food related news events) all think
>they're exempt or witty enough to be forgiven such transgression. While
>some won't speak out here, many do privately and it isn't just me that
>gets annoyed.

Another problem with the "OT" header is that it tends to get broken into
multiple threads for threads of any length, one always WITHOUT the
original "OT: " because is-it-Outlook-Express? assumes it's a "" and
makes it go away. Still off topic but without a nice regexp for
newsreaders to filter on.

As for thread drift: please change the subject so people who wouldn't be
interested in the original can re-evaluate and perhaps participate.

ObFood: easter dinner was roast lamb (with yummy herbs), green salad,
excellent bread with excellent olive oil, and Nigella Lawson's
burnt-butter cupcakes for dessert. My friends took the peanut butter cup
cookies and Truffles a la Kay Hartman home with them to freeze.

Charlotte
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