John Lines wrote:
>
> I would like to see a standard header for all mailing lists, for example:
>
> List-name: list-managers
>
> which I could rely on to filter lists. (Unfortunately this would have to
> be agreed by all the authors of list management software, which makes it
> highly unlikely to ever be implemented in the consistent way which would
> allow such fancy things as:
>
> o I subscribe to a list, and my MUA sees this header, knows it is from a list,
> and creates a folder for it, and adds filtering rules - all automatically.
Look for RFC2369, which I think is still Standards Track.
There's a copy at (among other places):
http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/htbin/rfc/rfc2369.html
"List-Unsubscribe" is the header which would always be present.
Its contents are the obvious address, and would change only
if the list moved.
Onelist.com lists now use them:
List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
where XXXX is the listname.
As for filtering on it, especially creating folders automatically...
you'll have to decide how you want your setup to behave when
somebody forwards/bounces/resends (pick your terminology) a message
to you, but from a list you aren't subscribed to, and their software
leaves that header in.
Cheers,
Stan
