On Feb 5, 11:18, Mike Cheponis wrote:
> I'd like to see a small tag be prefixed to the Subject: line so that it's
> easier to know that the email came from the Classic Computer list.
>
> I suggest the Majordomo "config" file include a line like this:
>
> subject_prefix = [ClassicCmp]
>
> or somesuch. That way, it's quite easy to sort on messages from this
list
> both automatically, and, equally important, manually.
No!!! Please!
Any sensible mailer can sort on, or at least display, one of the "Sender:"
or "To:" field, or the envelope "From" (not the header "From:") instead of
the envelope "To" line. All of these, as well as the "Reply-to:", refer to
the mailing list address. Anyone who hasn't seen all the headers, see
below for the headers as I received Mike's message, and you'll see what I
mean.
All the prefix does is make it messy, and waste space.
-------------------received headers below here---------------------------
>From owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org Sat Feb 5 23:59:44 2000
Received: from localhost by indy.dunnington.u-net.com via ESMTP
(951211.SGI.8.6.12.PATCH1502/980207.PNT)
for <pete_at_localhost> id XAA07839; Sat, 5 Feb 2000 23:59:44 GMT
Envelope-to: pete_at_dunnington.u-net.com
Delivery-date: Sat, 5 Feb 2000 19:52:39 +0000
Received: from mail.u-net.com
by fetchmail-4.6.0 POP3
for <pete/localhost> (multi-drop); Sat, 05 Feb 2000 23:59:44 GMT
Received: from [209.83.134.16] (helo=opal.tseinc.com)
by mserv1b.u-net.net with esmtp (Exim 2.10 #63)
id 12HBG2-0004Gp-00
for pete_at_dunnington.u-net.com; Sat, 5 Feb 2000 19:52:38 +0000
Received: (from majordom_at_localhost)
by opal.tseinc.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id NAA64868
for classiccmp-classiccmp-org-outgoing; Sat, 5 Feb 2000 13:18:56
-0600 (CST)
(envelope-from owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org)
X-Authentication-Warning: opal.tseinc.com: majordom set sender to
owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org using -f
Received: from NameServer.Culver.Net (mac_at_[206.79.230.38])
by opal.tseinc.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id NAA64863
for <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>; Sat, 5 Feb 2000 13:18:54 -0600
(CST)
(envelope-from mac_at_Wireless.Com)
Received: from localhost (mac_at_localhost)
by NameServer.Culver.Net (8.9.0/8.9.0) with ESMTP id LAA18471;
Sat, 5 Feb 2000 11:18:55 -0800 (PST)
Date: Sat, 5 Feb 2000 11:18:55 -0800 (PST)
From: Mike Cheponis <mac_at_Wireless.Com>
X-Sender: mac_at_NameServer.Culver.Net
To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
Subject: [ClassicCmp] Tag requested in Subject: line
In-Reply-To: <20000205114512.B17681_at_dbit.dbit.com>
Message-ID:
<Pine.BSI.4.05L.10002051112130.15055-100000_at_NameServer.Culver.Net>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII
Sender: owner-classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
Precedence: bulk
Reply-To: classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org
-------------------received headers above here---------------------------
--
Pete Peter Turnbull
Dept. of Computer Science
University of York
Received on Sat Feb 05 2000 - 18:23:56 GMT