Markus wrote:
Would it be possible to have the mailing-list server embed the name
of the mailing list in the subject of the distributed messages, such
as I've done? Easier to move into folders in an automated fashion,
that way....
Interesting that the list should start with such a basic yet mail
related question. I for one vote against this since in longer threads
with different MUAs involved subjects might become quite ugly, e.g.:
Yes, quite ironic....
[mail-ng] Re[1]: [mail-ng] Mailing List
[mail-ng] Aw: [mail-ng] Re[1]: [mail-ng] Mailing List
I participate in the SPF-discuss mailing list and that has not happened yet.
I think that most list software has become intelligent enough to avoid such.
If <string> is not present, prepend <string>
Most email programs are capable to filter using To and From addresses.
These are better suited for sorting. Not all mail clients are able to
use regular expressions to clean up such mangled subject lines.
I get about a 30 to 40 valid emails per day plus 50 to 70 spam. I look at
my inbox and if I don't recognize the sender or topic, I delete it. I do
not have any idea who the participants currently are, and similar with the
'subject's.
While we're discussing trivialities: I suggest (if the mail list
handling software is capable of doing this) that the Reply-To header
be set to the list address to avoid discussions going off-list
involuntarily.
I second the motion.
Regards,
Marc Alaia