RE: Mailing List

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