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http://www.piclist.com/piclist/2004/10/25/075408a.txt? spam_OUTolin_piclistTakeThisOuTembedinc.com (Olin Lathrop) says: > Folks, when you change a topic from EE to OT, make sure to > delete the [EE]. Apparently the new server scans the entire > subject string and routes the message to ALL tags it finds. > I am getting these messages and have OT disabled. Olin is correct and it has ALWAYS been this way. Topic tags filter posts IN to a topic NOT OUT. Also the topics are set up in order from less to more specific. As a result, it makes no sense to have two topic tags on one post. A post can not be both EE and OT at the same time. If it has items of interest to EE's it is EE and not OT. --- James Newton: PICList.com webmaster, former Admin #3 .....jamesnewtonKILLspam@spam@piclist.com 1-619-652-0593 phone http://www.piclist.com/member/JMN-EFP-786 ____________________________________________

> Olin is correct and it has ALWAYS been this way. Topic tags filter posts > IN > to a topic NOT OUT. Also the topics are set up in order from less to more > specific. As a result, it makes no sense to have two topic tags on one > post. > A post can not be both EE and OT at the same time. If it has items of > interest to EE's it is EE and not OT. I was not at all doubting what Olin said as he was citing what he had just experienced with the new software. And you also may be correct, but if so, prior comments on how the old system worked were incorrect. I recall clearly (which doesn't mean it happened or that it's true ;-) ) people saying on several occasions that the system made decisions on the FIRST tag only and that multiple tags didn't work. My specific suggestion was that the dual tag nature of the present system could be used to advantage when changing between tags. A tag on [EE] such as this one was, may have morphed into several parallel threads, as often enough happens, and someone may have decided that one of these threads should be taken to [OT]. If they do this without announcing it on EE a non-OT subscriber who is interested in the morphed thread may not realise that the thread has continued. Also, mail systems that sort nicely by thread may cause a person to lose track of a change. Being able to post one message on 2 threads at once allows notice of transition. That is what I did and you MAY have demonstrated that the system works by correctly removing the extraneous tags. I say MAY as I'm not 100% sure you were commenting on my post as there was no earlier material attached to check. RM ____________________________________________