Because we, people on the road, use various mail systems and even web
based mail
so do the rest of us. ever tried to read mail from a palm pilot?
those [foo] turds get *really* annoying...
Why such a war for just 6 characters, while all mailing lists do it?
because I've tried it, and found it to be a royal pain in the wazoo.
Have you been out there?
yup.
Let's give it a try and see...
feel free to set up your own list mirror that prepends [ietf].