Gil wrote: >FSVO "matdh"? >Is noise such as "Re:", "AW:", "EXTERNAL", ... to be ignored a noise? >Security mavens here have supported "EXtERNAL", but it's bad if it breaks >threading.
Yes, in researching it I saw that Re: et al. will be ignored. "EXTERNAL" not so much. I just verified this, sent myself four notes: 1. Subject: EXTERNAL: Hamsters 2. Subject: Re: Hamsters 3. Subject: Re: EXTERNAL: Hamsters 4. Subject: EXTERNAL: Re: Hamsters #3 and #4 were threaded together; #1 and #2 were distinct, from each other and from #3 and #4. This suggests that there is a list of known, plausible prefixes, like "Re:", "RE:", "AW:". Which makes sense, though I'm 100% sure I've seen MUAs which, if you replied to #1 above, you'd get Subject: Re: Hamsters .losing the EXTERNAL: completely. >It fails to supply "In-Reply-To". >Do you think Darren could submit a Service Request? Doesn't look like LSoft supports it: not found in latest LISTSERV Owner's Manual, Site Manager's Manual, Advanced Topics Manual, or Customization Manual. There are discussions elsewhere that mention using In-Reply-To detection to enable moderation of most replies, but that's it. I've sent L-SOFT a query about this, but I'm not holding my breath. An interesting topic, even if not directly on-topic (the other "OT"). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [email protected] with the message: INFO IBM-MAIN
