RE: [PHP] Posts that include bracket OT bracket
| From: | Daevid Vincent | Date: | Mon, 23 May 2011 20:19:37 +0000 |
| Subject: | RE: [PHP] Posts that include bracket OT bracket | ||
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: parasane@gmail.com [mailto:parasane@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Daniel
> Brown
> Sent: Monday, May 23, 2011 11:20 AM
> To: tedd
> Cc: php-general@lists.php.net
> Subject: Re: [PHP] Posts that include bracket OT bracket
>
> On Mon, May 23, 2011 at 11:33, tedd <tedd.sperling@gmail.com> wrote:
> > Hi gang:
> >
> > When did the list start rejecting subject lines that contain "[OT]"?
>
> At least several years ago. It bounces back to say that off-topic
> mail isn't accepted, blah, blah, blah.
It's kind of silly if you ask me as it doesn't prevent anything since any
mildly intelligent person will just omit the [OT] and re-submit (case in
point), and it prevents other users from doing any kind of email filtering
on [OT]. It's basically punishing the sender for trying to do the right
thing. *sigh*