In <F3FCF410-3B16-11D9-B81F-000393DB5366(_at_)cs(_dot_)utk(_dot_)edu> Keith
Moore <moore(_at_)cs(_dot_)utk(_dot_)edu> writes:
Generally speaking, meaningful tags in Subject fields (specifically any
which may need to be globally recognized by MUAs) are a Bad Thing. The
problem is that people regularly invent new conventions for same,
usually
without full understanding of the impact elsewhere
is that anything like defining a new convention for group syntax?
I have already accepted that a new convention for group syntax was not a
pretty solution to that particular problem, and repeatedly asked for
suggested alternatives. It still remains the only solution on the table
for picking the list addresses out of a message sent using a Reply-to-All
feature, or for detecting cross-posts to multiple lists in the absence of
any indication added by the sender.
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