Thursday, January 7, 2010

[MW:3988] Use meaningful, specific subject headers please!

A request to all members
 
Please Use meaningful, specific subject headers

The subject header is your golden opportunity to attract qualified experts' attention in around 50 characters or fewer. Don't waste it on babble like "Please help me" (let alone "PLEASE HELP ME!!!!" messages with subjects like that get discarded by reflex). Don't try to impress us with the depth of your anguish; use the space for a super-concise problem description instead.

Looser:

HELP! Need welding procedure!

Smart:

How to weld overlay a Duplex SS?

Smarter:

UNS31803 weld overlay on A105, What are the essential parameters?

If you ask a question in a reply, be sure to change the subject line to indicate that you're asking a question. A Subject line that looks like "Re: or "Fw:  is less likely to attract useful amounts of attention.

Do not simply hit reply to a list message in order to start an entirely new thread. This will limit your audience.

Changing the subject is not sufficient. Me, and probably other mail readers, looks at other information in the e-mail's headers to assign it to a thread, not the subject line. Instead start an entirely new e-mail. 

 

Thank you for cooperation! 


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