Re: Mailing List

I agree; I hate lists that do that. Someone can always filter on the existance
of "[email protected]"

Mark
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Markus Gloede" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Thu, 2004 Jan 29 13:15
Subject: Re: [mail-ng] Mailing List


>
> Hi,
>
> Marc 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.:
>
>  [mail-ng] Re[1]: [mail-ng] Mailing List
>  [mail-ng] Aw: [mail-ng] Re[1]: [mail-ng] Mailing List
>
> 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.
>
> 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'm looking forward to many insightful exchanges.
>
> Regards,
>
> Markus Gloede
>
> P.S.: Is there going to be a list archive? If yes, will personal email
> addresses in the messages be obscured?
>
>