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From: Kevin Walzer <kw@codebykevin.com>
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Subject: Re: (Meta) A word to the wise -> Don't use all caps in your thread
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Date: Sat, 7 Dec 2024 21:10:17 -0500
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On 12/5/24 10:09 AM, Kenny McCormack wrote:
> There seem to have been a spate of postings here recently with the word
> "announce" in all caps.  My kill filters filter these out.
> 
> With good reasons:
>      1) It is considered poor netiquette.  All caps is considered to be shouting.
> 	Just don't do it.
> 
>      2) Spammers do it.  That's why I put it in my killfile(s).  The recent
> 	spate of "mushroom spam" did this and I found the only reliable way
> 	to get rid of it was to include a catch for 4 or more capital
> 	letters in the thread title.
> 
> As I said, just a word to the wise.
> 
If you are missing announcements (a long-standing practice is to preface 
these as ANN:), perhaps modifying your killfile might helpl.