On Friday 02 July 2010, Albrecht Dreß wrote: >Am 02.07.10 21:13 schrieb(en) Gene Heskett: >>> Yes, if the list processor implements rfc2919 (see >>> <http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2919>); then simply check for the existence >>> of the 'List-ID' header. Mailman, iirc, also adds 'X-BeenThere'. >>> Sieve, as an example, is able to deal with them properly without any >>> further user intervention as to suppress auto-replies. > >[snip] > >> That messes with other things that I have learned to work around most of >> the time, so to me it would not be a big show stopping deal if that >> List-ID: header line were to be added. > >There are even more headers which are useful in providing extra > information about the list - the following example is copied from a Linux > kernel list (using mailman): > ><quote> >X-BeenThere: [email protected] >List-Id: Linux on PowerPC Developers Mail List > <linuxppc-dev.lists.ozlabs.org> > List-Unsubscribe: <https://lists.ozlabs.org/options/linuxppc-dev>, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > List-Archive: <http://lists.ozlabs.org/pipermail/linuxppc-dev> >List-Post: <mailto:[email protected]> >List-Help: <mailto:[email protected]?subject=help> >List-Subscribe: <https://lists.ozlabs.org/listinfo/linuxppc-dev>, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=subscribe> </quote> > >Could be a cure for those frequent how-do-I-unsubscribe questions... > >Cheers, Albrecht. > Yeah, but folks won't read them, proven fact.
-- Cheers, Gene "There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty: soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order." -Ed Howdershelt (Author) "When it comes to humility, I'm the greatest." -- Bullwinkle Moose
