>Memail.com has just begun switching their elists from having the address
>of the elist in the message TO header to having the subscribed address
>in the message TO header. Personally, I'm disappointed because I think
>only personal email should have my address in the message TO header
I'm planning on doing this, too.
>For me personally it also screws up my email filtering, because the
>first distinction I make is to test whether a message is personal email,
>i.e., addressed directly to me. Elists are just not personal email.
I think that's a false assumption that you're filtering on. Instead,
I test to see if something is a list, by testing whether the list
server sets an appropriate header (ususally Sender) to flag what list
it came from.
>Hence my question. Do you think it is appropriate for elists to address
>their messages as if they were personal email?
I think it's appropriate, but I also think you're also looking at the
use of the header in a way that shouldn't be assumed here.
Three big reasons why I see this as a big win:
1) differentiate the mail lists from spam, since most spam Bcc:s.
2) makes the subscribed address explicit to the user and easy to find, which
is a huge plus for large lists full of naive users.
3) personalizes the email. It may only be a small step in personalization, but
it's a big one.
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